MIT’s Varanasi Research Group, led by Associate Professor Kripa Varanasi, took a break from researching super slippery and super non-wetting coatings for equipment such as steam turbines and airplanes to present its newest invention at this year’s $100K competition.

Emerald Polymer Additives, a division of Emerald Performance Materials, announced that two of its antioxidants, GOOD-RITE^® 3128 and GOOD-RITE^® 3131, have received the NSF HX-1 listing, which allows for their use as ingredients in lubricants with incidental food contact.

Elementis Specialties announced the territory expansion of its East Coast distributor, TMC Materials.

HRL Labs LLC, Malibu, CA, developed a new UV photopolymerization technique to create or “architect” microlattice materials in a rapid, scalable fashion.

Dunn-Edwards has received the Sustainability Award from the Arizona Manufacturers Council (AMC) as part of its Manufacturer of the Year Awards.

DuPont Industrial Coating Solutions has assigned Ronald W. Hull as the new DuPont Powder Coatings North America Sales Manager.

Miltec UV, a manufacturer of high-performance UV-curing systems and electrodeless bulbs, welcomes John Griffiths as its new NE U.S. Sales Manager.

One little-known benefit of the coil coating process is its ability to apply coatings to metal with virtually no harmful impact on the environment by making the VOCs all but disappear.

Henkel has signed an agreement with U.S.-based specialty chemicals company Cytec Industries Inc. to acquire its high-performance pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) product range.

Hoover Container Solutions Inc. announced that Dean Conway has been appointed Sales Manager Western Australia and Northern Territory.