Clariant AG, Basel, Switzerland, announced the start of production at a new organic-pigment plant in China operated by Clariant Pigments (Tianjin) Ltd.

Premier Mill Corp., Reading, PA, a unit of Lightnin, announced that its line of processing equipment has been integrated with the product line of Lightnin's Cox Machinery unit.

BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, announced the consolidation of its Colorants for Coatings and Coatings Raw Materials business units into a new operating sector called Performance Chemicals for Coatings.

BASF Corp.'s automotive coatings manufacturing plant in Belvidere, NJ, has been accepted into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track, a program that is designed to motivate and reward top environmental performance.

Cimbar Performance Minerals, Cartersville, GA, has appointed Cebo Holland B.V. sales representative for Cimbar's Organotrol organoclay product line in Europe.

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Akzo Nobel said it has acquired the remaining 20% of its global non-stick coatings joint-venture business from Coatings and Chemicals Corp.

announced the launch of advanced color-matching capabilities for industrial coatings

relocated its NAFTA and Latin America Markets' headquarters to South Plainfield.

has entered into an agreement with National Container Group (NCG) under which NCG has purchased and will operate the container-refurbishing portion of Hoover's plant in Charlotte