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Anchor Chemical (UK) has substantially expanded its capacity for producing isolated amine‐epoxy adducts at its factory at Clayton, Manchester. Amine‐epoxy adducts are widely used in the paint industry to cure marine, industrial and maintenance epoxy paints.

Reducing Level of Alcohol in Inks ‐ A medium‐sized US ink manufacturer recently needed to reduce the level of alcohol in its bases for water‐based inks. Ciba Geigy Pigments Division's Inks Technical Centre developed an improved formulation, containing half the alcohol of the previous one and 40 per cent more pigment to allow the ink producer to meet VOC limits and increase production efficiency, at no additional cost.

Du Pont (U.K.) Ltd. has moved its administrative and certain sales operations from Du Pont House — on the corner of Breams Buildings and Fetter Lane, in the City of London—to a £7m purpose‐built office, customer service and electronic materials manufacturing facility at Wedgwood Way in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

It is with deep regret that the management of KEK in Macclesfield announce the death of Roy Cooper.

AB Wilh. Becker of Sweden (‘Becker’) has reached agreement with Cookson Group plc (‘Cookson’) in connection with the sale to Becker of 75 per cent, of the issued share capital of Goodlass Wall & Company, Ltd (‘GW’) and Alexander, Fergusson & Company, Ltd (‘AF’) together with option arrangements covering the remaining 25 per cent of the shares.

Mr. Walter T. Cuthbert has been appointed works manager of Ciba‐Geigy's Industrial Chemicals Division and becomes a member of the Management Committee.

Three senior appointments have been announced in the International Paint Packaging Coatings Division.

Crown Paints — Industrial Finishes have appointed Mr. Richard Wright as their new area sales executive for the Midlands.

The following appointments to the Board of directors of Craig & Rose Ltd have been made: Andrew Elliott, George Duncan Rosie, and Charles Arthur Spence.