The PPG Industries Foundation once again donated $5,000 to the Women in Engineering (WiE) Program at The Ohio State University to support the WiE CHEER (CHEmical Engineering Rocks!) summer day camp for girls about to enter ninth grade.

BYK Additives & Instruments officially opened its new ultramodern lab building in Wesel, Germany.

Charles Ross & Son Co. has added new mixing and blending equipment at the Ross Test & Development Center located at the company’s headquarters in Long Island, NY.

Following a review of the company’s sales channels, Perstorp, a specialty chemicals company, has entered into a new collaboration in which Kemi-Intressen AB, a company within the Nordmann Rassmann Group, is responsible for the distribution of a wider range of Perstorp products in the Nordic region.

Vertellus Specialties Inc., a leading manufacturer of castor oil and castor oil polyols and derivatives, announced that effective June 1, 2012, The Horn Co. will be its authorized distributor.

Ken Ferguson has joined INX International Ink Co. as the company’s Technical Manager for Distributors with nationwide responsibilities.

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a division of Emerald Performance Materials, has announced the appointment of Jacques Geenen as K-FLEX^®Technical Sales Manager for Europe.

Nubiola, a specialized producer of inorganic pigments with headquarters in Barcelona, Spain, has received the Ringier Technology Innovation Award for the Coatings Industry.

Rust-Oleum Corp. was awarded the Presidential “E” Award for Exports by U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary John Bryson at the White House in Washington, DC.

Graco Inc., a global manufacturer of fluid handling equipment, has announced the launch of a newly designed Web site at www.graco.com.