BASF has announced plans to invest in a dispersions plant in Daya Bay Petrochemical Industrial Park in Huizhou, China.

Cristal Global announced that it will cease base pigment manufacturing at its Hawkins Point Plant in Baltimore, MD.

Huber Engineered Materials, a division of the J.M. Huber Corp., has acquired the Kemgard® flame retardant and smoke suppressant business of Sherwin-Williams.

Huntsman Corp. announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the chemicals business of Laffans Petrochemicals Ltd.

A new ASTM International standard will provide the means to quickly detect and quantify the lead concentration in toys and other children's products.

The International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations (IUAPPA), in partnership with the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA), will gather experts from all walks of the environmental community for the 2010 World Clean Air Congress, Sept. 12-16, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

In testimony before a key House subcommittee, American Chemistry Council President and CEO Cal Dooley urged Congress to take the time to fix recently introduced legislation to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to ensure that it enhances public safety, preserves the ability of industry to innovate and protects American jobs.

Huntsman Corp., The Woodlands, TX, has reported second-quarter earnings of $116 million in net income and $257 million in adjusted EBITDA.

Color-Logic has named Scott Sell & Associates as its manufacturers’ representative for Arizona, California and Nevada.

Van Horn, Metz & Co. Inc. has been appointed the exclusive distributor for Zhejiang Ruicheng Effect Pigment Co. Ltd.