CIN, the leading paint and varnish company on the Iberian Peninsula, unveiled plans to invest EUR 12 million to increase the manufacturing capacity of its plant in Maia, Portugal, which produces powder coatings for the industrial sector.

Arkema has brought on stream, several weeks ahead of schedule, a 50 percent increase in its fluorinated polymer production capacity at its Changshu, China, site.

Eastman Chemical Co. announced earnings from continuing operations of $1.40 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2012 versus $1.44 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2011, excluding $33 million of financing, transaction and integration costs in the second quarter of 2012 related to the acquisition of Solutia and a $15 million gain in the second quarter of 2011 from the sale of a previously impaired asset.

Maroon Inc. has appointed Jeremy Kopper as the company’s Customer Service Manager.

The National Coil Coating Association has launched a new website, which is located at www.coilcoating.org.

Element Materials Technology announced the acquisition of Materials Engineering Research Laboratory Limited (MERL) headquartered in Hitchin, Hertfordshhttps://admin-pcimag.epublishing.com/admin/article/general/xml#ire, UK.

Leading specialty chemicals company Perstorp is expanding its already extensive offering for resin producers with 1,6-hexanediol.

The Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland, OH, has assigned global testing specialist Exova to provide support on a key marine project.

Whitford, maker of a complete line of fluoropolymer coatings, has hired Richard Hobbs as Managing Director for its North American office.

Evans Analytical Group (EAG) announced that EAG Coatings Solutions (formerly CAS-MI) is moving to Missouri and joining its sister company, CHEMIR.