KODA Distribution Group (KDG) has hired Joel W. Jones as its new Chief Commercial Officer.

Malvern Instruments Ltd., Malvern, UK, has acquired nanoparticle characterization company NanoSight Ltd., Amesbury, UK. The acquisition was completed on September 27, 2013.

For the second time in just over a year, Benjamin Moore, Montvale, NJ, is looking for a new CEO.

Iranian researchers from the Institute for Color Science and Technology have produced a new type of coating that exhibits anticorrosion properties by using zinc oxide nanoparticles.

At the announcement of its second-quarter results in July, AkzoNobel announced that it had identified further efficiency and cost saving measures that would require €120 million of restructuring charges in the second half of 2013.

Acme-Hardesty Co., Blue Bell, PA, is welcoming three new employees to the company’s sales and marketing departments.

Wacker Chemie AG, Munich, Germany, published its Sustainability Report for 2011 and 2012.

Axalta Coating Systems has unveiled a new brand name for DuPont Refinish, a leading global brand of automotive refinish systems.

Chemical manufacturer Oxea is expanding its portfolio of higher alcohols with 3-methylbutanol (isoamyl alcohol).

Specialty chemicals distributor Azelis, Antwerp, Belgium,has opened a new coatings applications laboratory in Sankt Augustin, Germany.