DSM Industrial Resins & Compounds announced an agreement to sell its compounds business to Menzolit-Fibron GmbH ...

McWhorter Technologies Inc. announced an agreement to acquire the European and North American coatings resins business of Dyno ASA of Norway.

Napier International Technologies Inc. has acquired Bio-Wash Products Inc. ...

Van Waters & Rogers Inc., Kirkland, WA, has announced a U.S. distribution agreement with GE Silicones to distribute silicone fluids and emulsions.

UCB, Drogenbos, Belgium, announced the start-up of production at the company's new Crylcoat powder-coatings resins plant in Shanghai, China ...

The M.F. Cachat Co., Cleveland, has been appointed exclusive sales agent by OMG Americas Inc. ...

Southern Clay Products Inc., Gonzales, TX, announced the launch of seven new Web sites designed to market the company's range of products ...

OSHA issued a proposed ergonomics standard aimed at preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders ...

ASTM announced plans to issue a Standard Test Method for Copper Release Rates of Antifouling Coating Systems in Seawater, given the designation D 6442.

ASTM is seeking participants in the development of standards that will measure various properties of hydrocarbon resins ...