The Lubrizol Corp.'s Performance Coatings business is forming a new global Center of Excellence at its Ritterhude, Germany, facility, centralizing the research, testing, and production of surface-modifier technology for coatings and inks.

Inspection equipment manufacturer Elcometer announced its move to larger facilities in France, the Netherlands and Japan.

Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. was named a 2015 New Energy Pioneer award winner by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

A new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and sponsored by AkzoNobel explores how cities can create optimal environments for citizens.

Whitford Corp., a manufacturer of fluoropolymer coatings for industrial and consumer industries, has established a new medical coatings group dedicated to supporting the use of its coatings on medical devices.

Chilworth Technology, a DEKRA company, announced that its process safety services will help all process manufacturing companies affected by the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) 652: Standard on Fundamentals of Combustible Dusts, scheduled for release in 2015.

Following two years of successful cooperation, the global chemical company Oxea has extended its distribution partnership with the Dutch chemical distributor IMCD for its amines in Europe.

Effective immediately, BASF and Gustav Grolman GmbH & Co. KG, Neuss, Germany, will start an exclusive collaboration in the marketing of amine-based curing agents of the Baxxodur^® brand in Europe.

A team of international scientists, including Dr. Stuart Prescott from The University of New South Wales (UNSW Australia), has discovered there is something missing from 1991 Nobel Prize winner French physicist Pierre-Gilles de Gennes’ theory on polymers.

AVIC Composite Corp. Ltd. has appointed Argosy International Inc. as the exclusive distributor for its complete line of aramid paper honeycomb core products worldwide.