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Construction expenditures in China are expected to increase 8.8% per year in real terms through 2016, according to a new report.

Recipients include its Performance Chemicals business segment facilities in Akron, Ohio; Mogadore, Ohio; Chester, SC; and Green Bay, WI; Villejust, France; and Shanghai, China.

Clariant recently announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 40% share of a joint venture between the holding company Alvigo AS, based in Tallin/Estonia, and Süd-Chemie AG, in the meantime acquired by Clariant AG.

The Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA) recently announced that four new member companies have joined the organization.

Net sales were $1.53 billion, an approximately 1% decrease from $1.54 billion in the same quarter last year.

The fuel cell supply chain, made up of companies that provide high-quality, economically competitive critical components for the fuel cell stack, is an area that has been somewhat overlooked.

Ferro Corp. recently announced net sales of $482 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2012, a decline of 19%.

As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Department of the Interior, in partnership with the Department of Energy, will publish the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for solar energy development in six southwestern states.

The Society of Chemical Manufactures and Affiliates (SOCMA) recently commended members of a key Senate environmental panel for addressing shortcomings in the nation’s chemical control law while expressing concern over advancing legislation in the middle of bipartisan negotiations.

PPG Industries recently reported financial results for the second quarter of 2012. Net sales for the quarter were $4 billion and net income was $362 million.