INEOS

Acquisition of Cristal North America closes / Tronox and Venator in legal dispute

INEOS

Purchase of Cristal's US titanium dioxide assets for USD 700m / Tronox seeks to gain FTC approval for acquisition of Saudi player

TRONOX

Jeffry Quinn named president and CEO

EASTMAN

Definite agreement to acquire fellow US specialty chemicals producer Solutia / Transaction valued at USD 4.7 bn / Official go-ahead expected by mid-2012 / Annual cost synergies of about USD 100m

SOLUTIA

Purchase of energy-saving films company Southwall for USD 113m