The Sherwin-Williams Co. announced its financial results for the year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011.

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a division of Emerald Performance Materials, has started the construction of a new operation to produce K-FLEX^® non-phthalate plasticizers and coalescents at its facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Novaflow Systems Inc., Prescott, Ontario, Canada, has announced an agreement with RVC International PTE Ltd. to act as its sales agent in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.

Deacom Inc., producer of the DEACOM Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system, launched its new Web site, www.deacom.com.

Fitz Chem Corp., a specialty chemical distributor headquartered in Itasca, IL, has been appointed Munzing’s Central Region distributor.

Green Biologics Limited (GBL), a UK-based industrial biotechnology company, announced the merger between GBL and butylfuel™ Inc., a U.S.-based renewable chemicals and biofuels company.

Bayer MaterialScience has begun construction of a multipurpose production plant for polyurethane coating raw materials at Chempark Leverkusen, Germany.

Archway Sales Inc. announced that Aaron Rath has joined the company as a Principal Manager. 

PPG Industries reported net sales for the fourth quarter 2011 of $3.5 billion, an increase of 4 percent versus the prior year’s fourth quarter.

Nissan announced the latest must-have for the iPhone - a self-healing iPhone case.