ASTM International has a new initiative, Program Operator for Product Category Rules (PCRs) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), which will provide a platform for developing PCRs and verifying EPDs.

TZ Minerals International (TZMI) has released a new edition of the “Titanium Feedstock Producers Comparative Cost Study 2012.”

The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has released a new test standard, ANSI/HI 7.6 Controlled-Volume Metering Pumps for Test, for testing positive displacement reciprocating controlled-volume metering pumps.

Arkema has finalized the acquisition of an acrylic additives and emulsions production site from Brazilian company Resicryl.

The British Coatings Federation (BCF) has appointed HMG Paints Ltd.’s Managing Director, John Falder, Chairman of the Industrial Coatings Council of the BCF.

Jotun Group posted total net sales in the first eight months of 2012 of NOK 7,686 million, while earnings before interest, tax and amortization (EBITA) were NOK 888 million in the period.

Huntsman Corp.’s VITROX^® Composite Resins product has received the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry’s (CPI) 2012 Polyurethane Innovation Award.

Dunn-Edwards has introduced Ultrashield, a new line of interior/exterior coatings.

Clariant opened a second production unit for the flame retardant Exolit^® OP at the Hürth-Knapsack plant near Cologne, Germany.

Croda Inc. celebrated 75 years of continuous manufacturing and innovation at its production facility in New Castle, DE.