DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) and Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) have been honored with the Breakthrough Solution of the Year Award from Platts Global Energy for their platform technology to produce a revolutionary biobased monomer, furan dicarboxylic methyl ester (FDME).

Accella Performance Materials™ announced that its Accella Polyurethane Systems division has been recognized for exemplary efforts in improving environmental protection, health, safety and security (EHS&S) at its Rancho Cucamonga Facility in Rancho Cucamonga, California, by the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA), the leading trade association representing specialty chemical manufacturers. 

For the seventh consecutive year, records were set at the British Coatings Federation (BCF) awards dinner held on November 24 in Manchester.

BASF’s Coatings division has received ArcelorMittal’s Paint Supplier Innovation Award 2016 in the Aesthetics category.

The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) named Mathew A. Brainerd, Chairman and owner of Brainerd Chemical Co. Inc., the 2016 Distributor of the Year.

Reverdia has been awarded the number-one spot in this year’s "40 Hottest Emerging Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy."

Birla Carbon has been recognized with the Golden Peacock Global Award for Sustainability at an event held in London on October 18, 2016.

PPG announced that the Tower at PNC Plaza in Pittsburgh, which features an innovative double-skin façade fabricated with SUNGATE^® 400 glass, STARPHIRE ULTRA-CLEAR™ glass and CORAFLON^® SUNSTORM^® powder coatings by PPG, has earned ARCHITECT magazine’s 2016 R+D Award for High-Performance Building.

Keystone Koating has been named one of the best finishing shops in North America for the second consecutive year, according to an industry benchmarking survey conducted by Products Finishing magazine.

Active Minerals International has received top honors from the Georgia Mining Association (GMA), winning the association’s 2016 President’s Award for Land Reclamation.