In an economic environment marked by continuing uncertainty, specialty chemicals Group LANXESS has narrowed its guidance range for the full-year 2013.

Dr. Doreen Monteleone has joined RadTech as Director of Sustainability and EHS Initiatives.

Sika Corp.’s Automotive Division USA announced that Cedric Gray has been promoted to Vice President of Operations for Sika’s Grandview, MO, manufacturing facility.

The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) has added three members to its Board of Directors and two leaders to its Executive Committee.

What can the U.S. military learn from a common squid? According to researchers at UC Irvine’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering, it can learn a lot about how to hide from enemies.

BASF is implementing a series of measures within its Performance Products segment to strengthen its competitiveness.

Specialty chemicals and performance materials company Cabot Corp., Boston, has been designated the winner of Best Overall Innovation and Innovation with Best Environmental Benefit at the 10^th annual ICIS Innovation Awards 2013.

CAPS announced that its intermediate bulk container management business is being rebranded as CHEP Pallecon Solutions.

Flexible displays, cost-efficient solar cells for a new era of energy production, futuristic lighting at home all require thin layers with specific properties. Scientists at the INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials are exploring new routes to such coatings in NanoSPEKT, a project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Kelly-Moore Paint Co. Inc. is expanding in the San Francisco Bay Area with its second store in Fremont.