IndigoB2B.com announced plans to launch a business-to-business electronic marketplace for the specialty-chemicals industry.

The Valspar and Lilly Industries said they have received requests for additional information and other “documentary materials” from the Federal Trade Commission.

Sovereign Specialty Chemicals announced that its Pierce & Stevens subsidiary has purchased an overprint-coatings product line from Aurachem.

COATING 2001, the second biennial conference and exhibition dedicated to a range of finishing technologies, is scheduled for Oct. 15-17, 2001.

Rohm and Haas has named M. Reginald Horne vice president and business director for the company’s Automotive Coatings business.

W.R. Grace has acquired the Hampshire Polymers Business from Hampshire Chemical.

When compiling the listing information for the Top 100 Coatings Manufacturers, PCI included the wrong data for Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corp.

The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies announced an agreement in principle for the sale of the group’s global Resins and Versatics business.

Huntsman announced an agreement to acquire the Morton global thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) business from Rohm and Haas.

Akzo Nobel announced an agreement to acquire the coatings business of Dexter.