The Dow Chemical Co.’s joint-venture membrane chlor-alkali facility, with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan (Mitsui), has successfully initiated full-scale, commercial production.

Sun Chemical Group Coöperatief UA has purchased the remaining shares held by Inversiones Mundial (Grupo Mundial) in their Colombian joint venture companies Tintas SA and Sinclair SA.

Nano Labs Corp. has signed a letter of intent agreement with RSD Investment S. de R.L de C.V. (Fintegra) to form a joint venture company that utilizes Nano Labs’ proprietary nano-coatings technology.

Michelman has established a joint venture (JV) with Maruyoshi Chemical Co. Ltd., a chemical trading company and a developer and manufacturer of specialty waterborne polyolefin emulsions based in Gifu, Japan.

AkzoNobel has signed an expanded joint venture agreement with the Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo group of companies, strengthening its position in the Middle East.

PPG Industries has received the necessary approvals from Indian authorities to expand its coatings joint venture and also to create a second joint venture with Asian Paints Ltd., India’s largest coatings company.

Specialty chemicals company Perstorp announced the transactional closing and setup of a joint venture with Thailand’s largest chemical producer PTT Global Chemical for the manufacturing and sales of products for the polyurethane industry.

BRB International BV and Anderson & Associates LLC have combined their respective U.S.-based silicone and silane businesses and announced a new joint venture, AB Specialty Silicones LLC.

Nuplex Industries announced that its European Business, Nuplex Resins BV, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a joint venture company (JV) with KVIL Group (KVIL), a Russian paint and resins producer.