Materials characterization company Malvern Instruments opened a new applications and demonstration laboratory in Brazil.

Honda Motor Co. Ltd. has developed the Honda Smart Ecological Paint (Honda S.E. Paint) process, a painting technology that eliminates a middle coating process from a commonly used four-coat/three-bake auto-body painting process to a three-coat/two-bake water-based painting process.

Wacker Chemie AG officially opened its new company headquarters for the Greater China region (Mainland China and Taiwan) in Shanghai.

The Board of Directors of Valspar Corp. has declared a quarterly dividend of 23 cents per share, payable December 28, 2012, to all common stockholders of record on December 17, 2012.

The Manufacturing Institute has selected Kimberly Rosenberg of Miltec UV as an honoree for the Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Production (STEP) award.

Alberdingk Boley Inc., Greensboro, NC, has named Joe Koenig Technical Sales Manager - Mid-South Region.

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has appointed Antonella Dall’Osto as EMEA Sales Manager focusing primarily on Italy and Spain.

The management of Saiden Technologies Inc. has acquired 100 percent of the company’s stock from its parent company, Saiden Chemical of Japan.

Chromaflo Technologies Corp. has finalized a deal with Elementis B.V. whereby Chromaflo Technologies B.V. has purchased the Elementis Tint-Ayd^® line of colorant products sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

PPG Industries has completed its acquisition of certain assets of Spraylat Corp., a privately-owned industrial coatings company based in Pelham, NY.