OMNOVA Solutions announced an investment to repurpose, or redirect, excess styrene butadiene (SB) latex capacity at its plant in Mogadore, OH, to the production of styrene acrylic and other specialty emulsion polymer chemistries.

Devoe Paint has launched a new website with intuitive navigation, easy-to-access product information, and useful contractor and dealer resources.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing new techniques for the production of metallic nanoparticles.

Research by Indiana University environmental scientists shows that air-pollution-removal technology used in "self-cleaning" paints and building surfaces may actually cause more problems than they solve.

Allnex signed an agreement to acquire Bayer MaterialScience’s non-waterborne Radiation Curing resins business.

Rust-Oleum Corp. has acquired certain assets of XIM Products Inc., a producer and marketer of specialty primers and coatings based in Westlake, OH.

Chromaflo Technologies Corp., a supplier of pigment and chemical dispersions to the thermoset composites and industrial paint and coatings industries, has appointed a new Sales Manager in Brazil.

Sika’s Industry and Automotive Division USA has appointed new personnel in the marketing group.

Paint and coatings manufacturer Whitford has hired Tom Hmiel as its new Regulatory Manager covering all markets.

Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel) reported a four percent decrease in revenues in the second quarter compared with the same period last year.