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PPG Industries recently announced plans to expand its 14-year relationship with Asian Paints Ltd.

The USDA's BioPreferred Program may be offering a certification and labeling system for commodities made from renewable resources (such as soy-based adhesive formulations).Click here to read the full story.

H.B. Fuller Co. announced plans to create a global center of excellence in application development for the Window and Solar industries at the company’s St. Paul, MN, headquarters.

Univar Inc. has promoted David Jukes to president of Univar Europe. He replaces John van Osch, who is leaving the company to pursue new opportunities.

Maroon Inc. has hired Rachel Hardman in the position of customer service manager.

PPG Industries has reported record sales for the fourth quarter of 2010 of $3.4 billion, an increase of 8% vs. the prior year’s fourth quarter.

A U.S. patent was recently awarded to Texas inventors Donn A. DuBois and George Gumulka for an improved adhesive formula; the formula's chemical composition may be easier to use and

ALTANA AG has signed an agreement to acquire Kometra Kunststoff-Modifikatoren und Additiv GmbH.

This company has announced dates for two hands-on courses to teach users of their instruments how to get the most out of their viscosity test methods.

The Dow Chemical Co. recently announced that it has begun commercial-scale manufacturing of ENLIGHT™ polyolefin encapsulant films for use in photovoltaic solar panel modules at its production line in Findlay, Ohio.