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Reverdia, a joint venture between DSM and Roquette Frères, recently announced it has begun operations in Cassano Spinola, Italy, at a commercial-scale plant producing Biosuccinium™ sustainable succinic acid.

Vertellus Specialties Inc. announced that Archway Sales Inc. has become the official and exclusive distributor of Vertellus castor oil products and derivatives in the Northeastern U.S.

ENCOR^®Flex 192 is a new modified acrylic binder designed for coatings used in the restoration of low-slope, commercial thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) roofing membranes.

Uni-World Capital L.P., a private equity firm, and Brightwood Capital Advisors LLC, a private investment firm, recently announced they have jointly acquired VanDeMark Chemical Inc.

PPG Industries recently announced that it has entered into a technology license agreement with China-based Henan Billions Chemicals Joint Stock Co. Ltd.

Arkema Inc. recently announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Lipscomb Chemical Co. Inc. to carry its industrial range of Orgasol® powders and the fine powders additives segment of the Rilsan® fine powder product line.

Celanese Corp. recently announced it has appointed Ashish K. Kulkarni, Ph.D., as chief technology and innovation officer.

Altiplus is chemically similar to kaolin clay but has a macro-crystalline platy structure and is available in a range of particle sizes.

Exxon Mobil Corp. recently announced that Donald D. Humphreys, senior vice president and principal financial officer, has announced plans to retire on February 1, 2013.