American Coatings Association

Malvern Instruments Ltd., from Malvern, England, and NETZSCH Grinding & Dispersing, headquartered in Selb, Germany, have entered into a cooperative marketing agreement.

Arkema and Jayant Agro have signed a joint venture agreement in which Arkema will acquire a stake of approximately 25 percent in Ihsedu Agrochem, a subsidiary of Jayant Agro, specializing in the production of castor oil.

Clariant and SK Capital, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals, and healthcare sectors, has provided an update on the separation process of Textile Chemicals, Paper Specialties, and Emulsions.

PPG Industries has opened a new automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) coatings development and application center in Tianjin, China.

Solvay has announced its intention to build a large-scale alkoxylation facility in Singapore to serve the growing Asian market in coatings, industrial applications, agrochemicals, home and personal care, and oil and gas.

Bayer MaterialScience LLC has agreed to sell its global powder polyester resins business and its U.S.-based liquid polyester resins merchant business to Stepan Company of Northfield, Ill.

PPG Industries received a 2013 Automotive News PACE Award for its Andaro® tint dispersions.

Royal DSM has opened its new manufacturing plant for KhepriCoat® antireflective coating at the Chemelot site in Geleen, the Netherlands.

Clariant will build a new pigment preparations plant in Indonesia as part of a series of investments planned to strengthen local support for customers in China, India, and Indonesia.

Wacker Chemie AG has expanded its production in both China and Brazil.