In response to customer input, Brookfield has now added an expiration date to its silicone viscosity standards used to perform calibration checks on viscometers and rheometers.

Chromaflo Technologies Corp., a supplier of advanced colorants and chemical dispersions for the paint, coatings and thermoset plastics industry, launched a new website devoted to highlighting its products and services.

INX International Ink Co. and The Oldham Group recently agreed to expand their distributor partnership to include UV, traditional offset and UV flexo and water flexographic inks.

X-Rite, Inc., a Danaher Corp. company, announced that Ron Voigt has been named President of the operating company.

Effective immediately, Oxea will implement a 100 percent sales control in North and South America on the following intermediates line products:  n-propanol, n-butanol, n-propyl acetate and n-butyl acetate. 

BASF Shanghai Coatings Co. Ltd. has broken ground on a new automotive coatings plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai, China.

D.B. Becker Co. Inc. has partnered with Vencorex Chemicals to represent Vencorex Chemicals’ aliphatic isocyanate line in the southeast United States.

Paint and coating manufacturer AkzoNobel and the American Chemical Society (ACS) have named Carnegie Mellon University Professor Krzysztof (Kris) Matyjaszewski, Ph.D., the winner of the inaugural AkzoNobel North America Science Award for his cutting-edge polymer chemistry research.

German specialty chemicals company LANXESS is expanding its global production network for inorganic pigments in China.

Bob Marquette, President and CEO of Bostik Inc. and Senior Vice President of Bostik worldwide, will join the Adhesive and Sealant Council’s (ASC) board of directors effective immediately.