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The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Ciba Holding AG by BASF.

The Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) has announced a search for committed individuals for its board of directors.

ChemInstruments, Fairfield, OH, has announced the acquisition of the manufacturing and distribution rights to the CAM-Plus contact angle meters formerly produced by the Tantec Group.

R.E. Carroll Inc., Trenton, NJ, has announced a distribution agreement with Pergan Marshall LLC to sell their Peroxan organic peroxides in North America to the adhesives industry.

Pilot Chemical Co., Cincinnati, has announced the appointment of David Ligon to its board of directors.

Emerald Kalama Chemical, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, has appointed Shamsi P.Gravel as product line manager for its K-Flex^® Plasticizers.

Hector Diaz-Stringel has been named president and general manager of Rhein Chemie Corp.

IPS Corp. has named Karen Brock Amoah sales and marketing manger for its WELD-ON^® structural adhesives.

In a joint press conference with city officials, Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc. has announced that it will build a new production facility in Esslingen, Germany, to produce specialty epoxy resins, vital materials used in the production of windmill blades for the wind energy market.

Huntsman Textile Effects, a division of Huntsman Corp. and a leading manufacturer of dyes and textile chemicals, has announced plans to establish a new headquarters in Singapore.