Emerald Specialties, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has appointed SiWax Group, based in Milan, Italy, and Madrid, Spain, to become the exclusive distributor for its line of Carnapol™ synthetic waxes in Europe.

Dr. John Hook, retired Senior Research Fellow at Dow Coatings Materials (formerly Rohm & Haas), will deliver the Mattiello Memorial Lecture at the American Coatings Conference (ACC), April 7-9, 2014, in Atlanta.

The British Coatings Federation (BCF) has received a record number of entries for both the BCF Sustainable Innovation and the Excellence in Training awards. Winners will be announced, along with the Student of the Year Award and Coatings Care Awards, on Tuesday November 12.

The Sherwin-Williams Co. announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013.

Resinate Materials Group Inc., a provider of polyurethane dispersion technology to the coatings industry, announced that Dr. Shakti Mukerjee has joined the company as Director of Product Development for Polyols and PUDs.

AkzoNobel has expanded its presence in the Middle East by acquiring a 50 percent stake and management control of Sadolin Paints Oman SAOC.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced plans to sell its Leather Services business to Stahl.

The British Coatings Federation (BCF) in a new collaboration with the Vincentz Network, publishers of European Coatings Journal, announced the opening of a major new training initiative for the global coatings industry and its supply chain, called The Coatings Training Institute.

The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) saw a record number of 579 attendees participate in its Fall Convention and Expo, held October 21-23 in Minneapolis.

PPG Industries announced that Diane M. Kappas has been appointed Vice President, Americas, for the protective and marine coatings (PMC) business, effective December 1.