RPM International Inc. announced that its Performance Coatings Group has acquired API S.p.A., a producer and installer of polyurethane and urethane-based flooring and decking solutions for cruise ships, mega-yachts and naval applications.

PPG Industries and its subsidiary, PPG Colombia, have entered into an agreement to purchase the coatings businesses of Colpisa Colombiana de Pinturas, a privately owned Colombian coatings company, and its affiliates, which include Colpisa Ecuador.

Evonik Industries concluded its purchase of the hanse chemie Group, comprising hanse chemie AG and nanoresins AG.

Ashland Inc. completed its acquisition of privately owned International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP), a global specialty chemical manufacturer of functional ingredients and technologies.

CPS Color Group Oy has acquired Switzerland-based Pinova AG. Pinova is a market leader in colorants for facade coatings and wet plasters in German-speaking Europe and CEE countries.

DKSH and Tonsan are expanding their strategic partnership with a new agreement for the European photovoltaic market.

Elcometer Inc. has introduced Elcometer University.

BASF announced plans to invest in a world-scale production site for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers (SAP) in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil. It will be the first acrylic acid and superabsorbents plant in South America.

WITec has received the Microscopy Today Innovation Award for the development of True Surface Microscopy. Each year, Microscopy Today magazine selects the best new development in microscopy and presents the award at the U.S. Microscopy and Microanalysis Exhibition and Conference, which took place this year in Nashville, TN.

Cytec Industries Inc. is starting work on the first phase of a major capacity expansion of its PTZ phenothiazine plant in Mount Pleasant, TN.