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  • 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. ...
  • 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...
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  • 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...
  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • 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.
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  • 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...
  • Arkema Announces Designs on Asia (Nov 22, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. The industry turned in a sleepy end-of-week last week, so we'll take this opportunity to be...
  • BASF to Move Dispersion and Pigment HQ to Hong Kong (Nov 17, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. Much like your old editor in his Camaro on a rough road, there's a "whole lotta' shakin'...
  • Arkema to Extend Surfactant Offering (Nov 15, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. It was a busy week in the industry, with numerous announcements from the usual suspects.
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  • DSM to Merge Two Business Units (Nov 10, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. The week was pretty busy for a change, and we have a bunch of things to cover.
  • Lubrizol to Buy Spain’s Merquinsa (Nov 8, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. There were a few significant announcements at the end of last week, involving mergers and...
  • QSC Acquires Patriot Paint (Nov 3, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. The industry has been remarkably quiet the last few days, it kind of makes you wonder what...
  • AkzoNobel to Build Auto and Aerospace Plant in China (Nov 1, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. We have lots of business and financial news to get to, so let's not waste time.
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