AkzoNobel intends to concentrate its Dutch-based management personnel in a new office building in the Zuidas business district of Amsterdam by the end of 2015.
Oxea, a leading global supplier of oxo intermediates and oxo derivatives, reported an earnings increase for the first quarter of 2013 compared with the first quarter of 2012.
PPG Industries has completed its previously announced acquisition of certain assets of Deft Incorporated, a privately-owned specialty coatings company based in Irvine, CA.
The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) has won three awards for its ascouncil.org website in the 2013 Hermes Creative Awards competition, sponsored by the Association for Marketing and Communications Professionals (AMCP).
H.B. Fuller Co., St. Paul, MN, has signed an agreement to purchase adhesives company Plexbond Quimica, S/A, a provider of chemical polyurethane specialties and polyester resins that operates a manufacturing facility in Curitiba, Brazil.
Paint and coating manufacturer Quest Specialty Chemicals, Charleston, SC, has appointed Marjorie (Marj) Shymske President of Quest Construction Products, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quest Specialty Chemicals.