ASTM International has been accredited by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC).

Michelman, a developer of water-based functional coatings, surface modifiers and polymers, has formed a new Engineered Wood business unit and has made four personnel changes to better align its resources with customer needs.

OMNOVA Solutions Inc. announced income from continuing operations of $1.2 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter ended November 30, 2012.

Pump Solutions Group (PSG), a business unit within Dover Corp., has named Chris Distaso Director of Engineering for PSG's Grand Terrace facility.

Wacker Chemie AG officially launched its new production plant for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Ulsan site in South Korea.

General Motors is making a $600-million investment in its Fairfax Assembly and Stamping Plant, including the construction of a new 450,000-square-foot paint shop, the installation of a new stamping press and other upgrades.

Cathay Industries Group, a Hong Kong-based manufacturer of iron oxide and chrome oxide pigments, is investing in a joint venture with chemical manufacturer Tonghua Group to build a new production plant for yellow, red and black iron oxide pigments in Tongling, Anhui Province, China.

BYK-Gardner - worldwide partner of the automotive, paint and plastic industries for quality control of color, appearance and physical properties – is providing two posters for technical use: a Color Theory poster and a Viscosity Conversion Chart poster.

After 17 years in Twinsburg, OH, Silicone Solutions has moved into a newly remodeled facility in Cuyahoga Falls, OH.

Purdue University researchers have received a five-year $14.5 million National Science Foundation grant to expand the widely used nanoHUB.org online science and engineering gateway.