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Ashland Inc. recently announced the opening of its new gelcoats production facility in the Chemical Industry Park of Changzhou Yangtze Riverside Economic Development Zone.

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, recently announced it has promoted Shamsi P. Gravel to product line director of its K-FLEX^® platform for the Americas.

Ferro Corp. recently reported net sales of $435 million in the second quarter of 2013, compared with net sales of $476 million in the previous year’s second quarter.

U.S. Zinc recently announced plans for a new national distribution strategy for its zinc oxide division through an alliance with the KODA Distribution Group.

A new carbon black pigment that can reportedly produce stable waterborne pigment pastes within minutes is now available.

Sartomer USA LLC recently announced it has appointed Marilyn Hanover plant manager at the company’s Chatham, Va., manufacturing facility.

KODA Distribution Group recently announced it has completed the acquisition of E.W. Kaufmann.

A new range of polyether ketone ketone (PEKK) ultra-high-performance polymers is available.

Emerald Polymer Additives recently announced it has completed a series of process control upgrades for its U.S.-based rubber accelerators product line.

Emerald Performance Materials recently announced it has begun construction of a new pilot plant focusing on its Nychem™ line of specialty nitrile and butadiene emulsion products.