Dr. Michel Tielemans of Cytec Belgium has won the first Siltech Innovation Award, which was presented at the 2013 Waterborne Symposium, held February 4-8 in New Orleans.

The Microscopy business group of Carl Zeiss received second prize in the 2013 CLEAN! Fraunhofer Cleanliness Technology Award for its Correlative Particle Analyzer.

The TSX Venture Exchange has recognized Argex Titanium Inc. (Argex) as one of the 2013 TSX Venture 50 companies, a ranking of strong-performing companies on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Wacker Chemie AG officially launched its new production plant for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Ulsan site in South Korea.

Exova’s corrosion control scientist, Dr. Chris Fowler, has been named a Fellow of NACE International, the world’s largest organization dedicated to the study of corrosion.

PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business received The Society of Protective Coatings (SSPC) 2013 Military Coatings Project Award of Excellence during the SSPC 2013 trade show in San Antonio, TX.

PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, has announced the induction of four science and technology leaders as “distinguished colleagues” into the PPG Collegium.

Chromaflo Technologies LLC, an independent global supplier of advanced colorants and chemical dispersions, won the Color Technology Award at the 7^th Color China Award Ceremony.

PPG Industries’ coil and extrusion coatings group received a 2012 Chairman’s Award from the Metal Construction Association (MCA) at METALCON, an annual conference dedicated to metal construction products, technologies and solutions.