Gelest Inc. has formed a new Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance Group.

Argex Titanium Inc. has established a fully comprehensive research and development (R&D) center at its facility in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (Valleyfield), Quebec, the planned site of its first industrial-sized titanium dioxide (TiO₂) plant.

Emerald Performance Materials has appointed Dar-Tech Inc. as its distributor in the Midwest/Ohio Valley region for its Nychem™ specialty nitrile and butadiene emulsion product lines.

Nissin Chemical of Japan and Shin-Etsu MicroSi of Phoenix have teamed up to provide the U.S. market with solution vinyl resins.

Dusatec Inc., Ramsey, NJ, has purchased the entire lines of TURBULENT™ mixers, reactors and dryers, Superflushers™, both of batch and continuous designs, and the GELIMAT™ thermo kinetic compounding machines, both of batch and semi-continuous designs, from Buhler AG, Switzerland.

A new technology developed at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, could see contaminants, ice, fingerprints and graffiti losing their grip on a wide range of surfaces.

The Hydraulic Institute (HI), under the approval of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is seeking qualified individuals to participate in the review process of a new guideline entitled Dynamics of Pumping Machinery.

PPG Industries has reached a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Deft Inc., a privately-owned specialty coatings company based in Irvine, CA.

William “Doni” Riddle, of the Sherwin-Williams Co., was awarded the John D. Keane Award of Merit by the Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC).

Arturo Hernandez has joined RPM International Inc. as Director of Global Compliance.