Emerald Performance Materials has appointed Cemsac Corp., Ellisville, MO, as its distributor in the central United States for the Nychem™ specialty nitrile and butadiene emulsion product lines.

Ashland Performance Materials, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., has formed a partnership with Composite Trade, a Russian distribution company, to tap into Russia’s growing demand for composite resins.

Albemarle Corp., Baton Rouge, LA, has expanded its distributor territory with Archway Sales Inc.

Arizona Chemical has reached an agreement with IMCD Group B.V. to further expand the distribution partnership for Arizona’s refinery product lines to the African continent.

DKSH Business Unit Performance Materials, a specialty chemicals distributor, announced new partnerships in the personal care industry in the United States and the expansion of its sales force.

BASF Corp., Florham Park, NJ, has named Lorama Inc. its new exclusive distributor for BASF Industrial Kaolin in Canada.

As of January 1, 2013, AB Chemical & Engineering Pte Ltd. is the exclusive distributor in the Asia-Pacific region for Dymax Corp., Torrington, CT.

Perstorp has signed a new distribution agreement with Milano Colori, Milan, Italy, for the sale of Perstorp’s products to the coatings and coating resins markets in Italy and San Marino.

INX International Ink Co. and The Oldham Group recently agreed to expand their distributor partnership to include UV, traditional offset and UV flexo and water flexographic inks.

D.B. Becker Co. Inc. has partnered with Vencorex Chemicals to represent Vencorex Chemicals’ aliphatic isocyanate line in the southeast United States.