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Akzo Nobel announced the launch of a decorative-coatings joint venture in Indonesia with PT Bina Propertindo Edikarya that will produce paints for the Indonesian market. Akzo Nobel will hold a 65% stake in the business, the company said.

Charles Ross and Son Co., Hauppauge, NY, announced the launch of a website for the company's mixing and dispersion equipment line in the Chinese language.

M.A.B. Paints, looking to get the summer painting season (rock and) rolling, unveiled its list of the "ten greatest painting songs of all time."

Hoover Color Corp., Hiwasee, VA, has appointed Bossco Industries Inc. distributor of Hoover Color's pigment products in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.

X-Rite, Grandville, MI, announced the opening of a China headquarters facility in Shanghai.

Celanese AG, Frankfurt, Germany, said its Ticona business unit recently completed construction of a new 30,000 metric-ton per-year production plant for the company's GUR ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene.

Millennium Chemicals, Red Bank, NJ, announced that it would not exercise its right to purchase Occidental Chemical Co.'s interest in the joint-venture business Equistar on a ratable basis.

Sartomer Co., Exton, PA, announced the opening of a new laboratory at the company's Exton headquarters.

A survey conducted by RadTech International North America finds that suppliers and users of ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) technologies are forecasting market growth of 6-9% per year over the next three years.