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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's BioPreferred® Program commissioned a report on the impact of bio-based products in the United States, titled "An Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S. Biobased Products Industry: 2018 Update."

Nouryon has doubled production capacity for dicumyl peroxide at its site in Ningbo, China, after completing a major expansion project.

In 1919, a small wood varnish company opened its doors in the riverfront city of Louisville, Kentucky. Today, the Reliance business lives on as part of AkzoNobel's North America wood coatings division.

Pavlo Prykhodchenko was recently appointed General Manager at chemical distributor Biesterfeld Spezialchemie Ukraine in Kiev.

Nouryon has acquired Zhejiang Friend Chemical Co., the largest Chinese producer of triethyl aluminum — a metal alkyl used in the production of high-volume polymers.

Maroon Group LLC has acquired Amsyn LLC, a national distributor of specialty chemicals to the coatings, lubricants, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and electronics industries.

The Refinish Competence Center at BASF Spain in Marchamalo, Guadalajara Province, Spain, celebrated its official reopening.

Linetec has promoted Paul Bratz to Quality Assurance Manager and has named Brandon Slowiak to Bratz's previous role as Paint Operations Manager.

St. Louis-based specialty chemical distributor Hall Technologies Inc. welcomed Tim Slominski to its technical sales team.

John Fletcher, Standards Compliance Manager at Elcometer, received the Lifetime Excellence and Achievement Award from ASTM in recognition of his services to the D01 Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications committee, following his last committee meeting in Colorado in June.