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Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Chevron Chemical Co. (Houston, TX) and Phillips Chemical Co. (Houston, TX) have merged to form a new joint venture co.

Cameron Holdings Corp. (St. Louis, MO), a co. that invests in small- to middle-market companies, has announced its acquisition of Cloud Corp. (Chicago, IL).

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (Chicago, IL) has acquired St. Laurent Paperboard, Inc. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) for $1.4 million.

KoSa (Charlotte, NC) has named Bamberger Polymers Inc. (Jericho, NY) as its major distributor of PET packaging resins in the U.S.

Delta Plastics Corp. (Newark, NJ) and Essex Plastics Inc. (Pompano Beach, FL) have formed FlexSol Holding Corp., a privately held holding co. that will provide capital for growth.

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