The International Paint and Printing Ink Council (IPPIC), which provides a forum for exchange and cooperation on international issues and priorities facing the paint and printing inks industry, will celebrate its 20^th anniversary in 2012.

The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA) is inviting manufacturing executives to join its new Green Manufacturer Network, a professional organization of individual members working together to drive the transition toward environmentally friendly manufacturing.

H.B. Fuller Co. has signed an agreement to purchase the global industrial adhesives business of Forbo Group, Baar, Switzerland.

Ecology Coatings Inc. has developed bio-based GRAS (generally recognized as safe) UV-curable materials for coatings.

At a ceremony in Grenoble, France, specialty chemicals company Perstorp and PTT Global Chemical signed an agreement forming a joint venture dedicated to the manufacturing and sales of aromatic (TDI) and aliphatic (IPDI, HDI and derivates) isocyanates.

Lintech International, LLC has broadened its product offerings with a new partnership with Clariant Corp.

The PPG Industries Foundation donated $5,000 to the Women in Engineering (WiE) Program at The Ohio State University to support the 2011 WiE CHEER (CHEmical Engineering Rocks!) summer program for girls about to enter ninth grade.

Phoseon has launched its Web site, www.phoseon.com, with a dynamic new look.