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  • Eastman to Buy Solutia (February 2, 2012)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. It's busy, busy, busy out there in the industry, and a lot of the news is coming from Europe, which is starting to sizzle with activity, but apparently has not experienced the type of...
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  • Sherwin-Williams Takes Charge, Beats Expectations (Jan 31, 2012)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. With financials still coming out and deal-making afoot, we've a lot to cover, so let's get...
  • DuPont Q4 Profit Down, Revenue Up (Jan 26, 2012)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. The big financial reporter since last newsletter was DuPont, whose revenues rose on the...
  • PPG Profit Rises About 5 Percent in Q4 2011 (Jan 24, 2012)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. There are financials this week, and lots of rumblings about biomaterials and cooperative...
  • AkzoNobel Completes Boxing Oleochemicals Deal (Jan 19, 2012)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. It has been fairly busy since Tuesday, so let's get right to it.
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  • AkzoNobel Buys Remainder of Metlac (Jan 17, 2012)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. There is a considerable amount of international news afoot this week, proving that all the...
  • Novamelt GmbH Buys-out USA JV (Jan 12, 2012)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. Welcome to this newsletter from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. What's a "paint...
  • OM Group Purchases Rahu Catalytics Ltd (Jan 10, 2012)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. I don't want to jinx it, but recent economic reports show a much-anticipated uptick in...
  • Bluestar Silicones Inaugurates Manufacturing Unit (Jan 5, 2012)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. Well, it is the New Year, and the industry is starting to shake off its holiday lethargy. ...
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  • DIC Agrees to Take-over Pacific Inks (Jan 3, 2012)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. I hope you all had a happy holiday season and that you are looking forward to an active,...
  • Perstorp and PTT Global Sign JV for Polyurethanes (Dec 29, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. News is slow as one might expect, but here's a quick top-up of significant happenings since...
  • DSM Venturing Invests in NanoHoldings LLC (Dec 27, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. Here's a quick holiday season news update...
  • PPG Opens Third European Design Center (Dec 22, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. It could be that the industry is spooling down for the "Hanachristmakwanzadan" holiday, but...
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  • Momentive and UPC Technology Sign JV for China Plant (Dec 20, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. The coatings world has been a busy place over the past few days, with new deals a-plenty. ...
  • Dow Chemical to Expand Acrylic Dispersions Plant in France (Dec 15, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. News is a feast of famine thing and although major news is sparse since Tuesday, we still...
  • RPM International to Buy FEMA GmbH (Dec 13, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. There is a bunch of business news since Thursday, so let’s have a look.
  • AkzoNobel Completes SSCP Deal (Dec 8, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. It has again been a busy week in the industry, here is the latest.
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  • Evonik to Open Asian R&D Centers (Dec 6, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. We have a lot to talk about in this issue, so let's get started.
  • Dow and Saudi Aramco Officially Form JV (Dec 1, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. There are several big things going on in the industry, but the potentially biggest...
  • Perstorp and PTT Launch JV for Isocyanates (Nov 29, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. The industry has been a little lazy since last Thursday, but here is the news since then.
  • Valspar Beats Wall Street Despite Impairments (Nov 24, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. It's been fairly busy in the industry this week despite the general economy and the...
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