AkzoNobel's Science Award program officially honored its first North American recipient.

Paint and coatings manufacturer Benjamin Moore has been ranked highest in interior paint customer satisfaction by J.D. Power & Associates for the third consecutive year.

BioAmber Inc. and IMCD Group announced a new distribution agreement in which IMCD will distribute BioAmber’s biobased succinic acid (Bio-SA^TM) in the Benelux, France, Iberia, Germany, Poland, Southeast Europe, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Sturtevant, a manufacturer of size-reduction equipment, has hired four new independent sales representatives.

Axalta Coating Systems (formerly DuPont Performance Coatings) will invest over $50 million to construct a new facility to manufacture and supply up to 25,000 metric tons of paint to automobile manufacturers that are expanding into south and central China.

DKSH Business Unit Performance Materials, a leading specialty chemicals distributor, is strengthening its position in the European market.

Emerald Performance Materials, a specialty chemical manufacturer, has announced the launch of a new website.

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin has signed a bill that will require manufacturers to fund and operate a post-consumer paint take-back program across the state.

The American Coatings Association (ACA) is seeking nominations for the Joseph J. Mattiello Lecture Award, to be presented at its American Coatings Conference, April 7-9, 2014, in Atlanta.

The Valspar Corp., a leading global manufacturer of paints and coatings, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Inver Holding S.r.l. (Inver Group), an industrial coatings manufacturer in Europe.