DKSH Business Unit Performance Materials, a leading specialty chemicals distributor, is strengthening its position in the European market.

Renewable chemicals company BioAmber has partnered with Brenntag, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, for distribution of its Bio-SATM bio-based succinic acid and derivatives, including bio-based 1, 4-butanediol (BDO).

BASF has appointed Chemroy Canada Inc. as a Canadian distributor for polyurethane chemicals to the Coatings, Adhesives & Binders, Sealants and Elastomers (CASE) market.

OPC Polymers, Columbus, OH, will expand the sales territory of TMC Materials, Shrewsbury, MA, representing all of the OPC Polymers product lines.

Brenntag Specialties Europe, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, has expanded its current cooperation with Evonik for the distribution of the Vestamid, Vestamid HT Plus, Trogamid, Vestodur and Vestamelt product groups in Scandinavia.

Yantai Wanhua Americas has appointed Archway Sales, St. Louis, MO, to be a national distributor for its aliphatic isocyanate products.

Imerys Filtration Minerals, San Jose, CA, has appointed Fitz Chem Corp., Itasca, IL, to be an authorized distributor.

Evonik Corp. has extended its contract with Georgia-based distribution company Lintech International LLC to expand distribution of its Coatings & Adhesive Resins Business Line product, DEGALAN^®, to customers on the West Coast.

Emerald Performance Materials has appointed Dar-Tech Inc. as its distributor in the Midwest/Ohio Valley region for its Nychem™ specialty nitrile and butadiene emulsion product lines.

Myriant Corp., a global renewable chemicals company located in the United States, and Bayegan Group, an international chemical production and trading company headquartered in Turkey, announced a broad collaboration agreement to commercialize Myriant's bio-succinic acid in markets across the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa.