Adchem Corp. has completed its annual automotive certification testing.

DSM Desotech Inc. has launched a new business initiative that will focus on the innovation of specialty UV materials for new and emerging markets throughout Europe and North America.

H.B. Fuller Co. has completed the sale of its Powder Coatings business to The Valspar Corp.

DuPont has agreed to sell its Protective Coatings product lines and related assets to the Sika group, a leading Swiss company supplying specialty chemicals markets.

Riley Industries has opened a new 5,000 m2 surface finishing center in Aldridge, near Birmingham, UK, after 40 years in Birmingham city center.

BASF’s Glasurit 90 Line Waterborne Basecoat was showcased October 30, 2006, at The Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, when Jay Leno unveiled his “Eco-Jet” dream car.

General Motors plans to invest approximately $225 million in its Spring Hill, TN, manufacturing complex to renovate the plant’s paint shop in preparation for future vehicle production.

ARIZONA INSTRUMENT LLC: The new Jerome 471 ultra low-level mercury vapor analyzer can detect, measure and report levels of mercury vapor for industrial spill and cleanup level assessment.

MEGTEC: A new process heat recovery system is designed to reduce operating costs by capturing the heated air from process dryers, ovens and air pollution control systems and using it to heat or cool areas of a plant or process.

BIODE, INC.: This company has introduced a new low-shear-rate version of its solid-state ViSmart™ viscosity sensor.