PPG Industries’ North American architectural coatings business has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Westmoreland Supply, an independent architectural paint distributor headquartered in Pittsburgh.

Effective July 1, 2014, Cleveland-based Specialty Chemical Sales Inc. (SCS) has expanded its distribution of Momentive's Versatic acids.

SE Tylose has appointed GMZ and EW Kaufmann as regional distributor partners for the Tylose^® product line of cellulose ethers effective September 1, 2014.

Dowd and Guild Inc., San Ramon, CA, will now represent Wanhua Chemical Group as the exclusive distributor for aliphatic isocyantes in the western United States.

Responding to local and global original equipment manufacturer (OEM) markets, Jim Nicklas has opened a new contract finishing service business, Sunset Industrial Applications Inc. (SIA), in Chambersburg, PA.

Powder coatings manufacturer IGP Pulvertechnik AG, Wil, Switzerland, has created a new division, IGP North America.

The specialty chemicals group ALTANA announced the grand opening of its BYK USA Inc. expanded facility in Wallingford, CT, on June 5.

The Dow Chemical Co.’s joint-venture membrane chlor-alkali facility, with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan (Mitsui), has successfully initiated full-scale, commercial production.

Coatings manufacturer Duralar Technologies has established its U.S. headquarters in the Tucson region of Arizona.

Effective April 15, 2014, or as contracts allow, Arkema Coating Resins will increase pricing on solventborne polyesters and alkyds sold in North America.