Beyond Benign Foundation, Cytec Industries Inc. and Sopheon Corp. have formed the iSUSTAIN Alliance to promote green chemistry awareness in the global chemical industry.

AkzoNobel has completed its acquisition of the Dow Chemical Co.’s powder coatings activities.

Eastman Chemical Co. has completed the acquisition of Genovique Specialties Corp., a leading global producer of specialty plasticizers, benzoic acid and sodium benzoate.

NETZSCH Fine Particle Technology LLC has acquired the Premier Mill business of SPX Corp.

OMNOVA Solutions Inc. has acquired The Dow Chemical Co.’s hollow-sphere plastic pigment (HPP) product line.

Double Bond USA has selected Brenntag Specialties to be the exclusive U.S. distributor for Double Bond’s UV-cure raw materials.

The Sherwin-Williams Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Becker Acroma Industrial Wood Coatings, a subsidiary of AB Wilh. Becker.

Cognis has officially opened a new production facility for alkyl polyglucoside (APG) surfactants at its site in Jinshan, China.

Dow Coating Materials has announced a new $17 million emulsion plant located at the company’s Zhangjiagang site in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu.

Nubiola has expanded its distribution agreement with Keyser and Mackay (K&M), a performance chemicals and equipment distributor based in Amsterdam.