SKW-MBT Management Inc. said its previously announced sale of the business and assets of ORD Products Inc. to Kool Seal Inc. does not affect a commercial-distribution agreement with ChemRex Inc.

Akzo Nobel Coatings has acquired the vehicle-refinishes business of MAC Specialty Coatings in the United States.

The Dow Chemical Co. announced the launch of e-epoxy.com.

Coatings-industry representatives are voicing opposition to a California proposal to impose a fee on architectural paint manufacturers to help pay for the cost of management of leftover (post-consumer) paint.

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a setback to a group of industries that mounted a court challenge to EPA air-quality rules on ozone and particulate pollution.

Avecia Inc. formally announced the opening of a new biocides R&D Center at the company’s New Castle site.

Kemira Pigments Oy has appointed Azalea Color Co. distributor of Kemira’s titanium dioxide pigments.

The Floridin Division of ITC Industrial Inc. has appointed McCullough & Benton Inc.

Heubach GmbH & Co. announced an expansion of manufacturing capacity for low-abrasion chromium oxide green pigments at the company’s Langelsheim plant.

Van Waters & Rogers Inc. announced a change in the company’s name to Vopak USA Inc.