Malvern Instruments is extending its direct operations in Japan and has concluded an agreement with Sysmex Corp.

Van Horn, Metz & Co. Inc. has been appointed the exclusive distributor for Zhejiang Ruicheng Effect Pigment Co. Ltd.

Gelest Inc. has announced that Sudhir Makim has been appointed the exclusive distributor for the government and all industrial markets for the complete line of Gelest silane, metal-organic and silicone products serving India.

E.W. Kaufmann is representing Gellner Industrial’s line of specialty resins.

The E.T. Horn Co. has been appointed by Cabot Corp., Boston, MA, to represent its products in the southwest.

Celanese Emulsion Polymers, a leader in the production of water-based vinyl emulsions, has signed an LOI with Boysan to be its distributor in Turkey.

Wacker Chemie AG has recognized several Brenntag Americas companies for their achievements as distribution partners with its Distributor of the Year award.

TH Hilson, Wheaton, IL, is expanding its territory with Cabot Corp. as of Oct. 1, 2010.

H.B. Fuller Co., St. Paul, MN, has appointed Archway Sales Inc., St. Louis, MO, to be its distributor for the company’s vinyl acetate homopolymer, acrylic, vinyl acrylic and styrene acrylic emulsions.

Double Bond Chemical Industries USA Inc. is adding its parent company’s additives products to its business mix.