Eastman Chemical announced plans to discontinue production of all grades of propylene glycol and its derivatives.

Elementis Specialties, announced a reorganization into three new business units and a services group.

Rohm and Haas Co. and OMNOVA Solutions announced plans for a strategic alliance.

Walsh & Associates has been appointed distributor for U.S. Gypsum Co.’s Industrial Division.

Sherwin-Williams announced the start-up of operations at the company’s Aerospace Service and Training Facility in Andover, KS.

Ausimont announced the launch of a website, www.ausimont.com.

Rohm and Haas and ATOFINA announced an agreement under which the methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer capacity at Rohm and Haas’s plant in Deer Park, TX, will be expanded with the addition of 115,000 metric tons of annual manufacturing capacity in 2002.

Lyondell Chemical outlined expansion plans in Europe, including the construction of two major chemical production facilities in The Netherlands.

Tego Chemie Service USA has appointed Burks distributor of Tego’s line of defoamers/deaerators, dispersants, surfactants and resins.

Wacker-Chemie GmbH and Wacker Polymer Systems GmbH announced the opening of a new technical center in Shanghai, China.