EAG Coatings Solutions recently added new leadership to expand its product development and analytical services for the coatings industry.

Professional Plating Inc. has promoted Sue Cohen to the position of Office Manager.

Specialty Polymers Inc. has hired John Schierlmann to be the company’s new East Coast Applications Manager.

Rutland Holdings LLC announced the acquisition of Sociedad Quimica Alemana S.A., Lima, Peru, the manufacturer of Printop inks.

H.B. Fuller Co. has signed an agreement to sell its Central American paints business to Compania Global de Pinturas S.A. (Pintuco), a Grupo Mundial company.

The full ASTM D14 Adhesives Committee approved three definitions related to sustainability submitted by the Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) at its recent meeting in Phoenix, AZ.

Arsenal Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market specialty industrial, healthcare and financial services companies, announced the concurrent acquisition of Plasticolors Inc. and Evonik Industries’ Colortrend global colorants business to create Chromaflo Technologies. 

Arkema Coating Resins, a business unit of Arkema, has announced the sale of the Peninsula Polymers business, a national distributor of coatings raw materials headquartered in North Kansas City, MO.

A movement to shift responsibility for spent products and packaging from taxpayers to the producers who design, make and sell them is growing both among leading corporations and state and local governments in the United States.

Clariant announced first-quarter sales of CHF 1.945 billion, compared to CHF 1.717 billion in the previous-year period.