ShayoNano USA Inc. has hired John Falsone to be its Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Watson Standard has appointed Henry K. Watson IV to the position of President, moving him from his previous position of Executive Vice President.

Sika has entered into exclusive negotiations with Axson management and shareholders to acquire Axson Technologies.

Germany-based Bodo Möller Chemie is taking over trading activity and representation of Dow Corning brand products for the automotive industry in South Africa.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing measures to ensure that perfluorinated chemicals that have been phased out do not re-enter the marketplace without review.

The flash fire that burned seven workers, one seriously, at a U.S. Ink plant in New Jersey in 2012 resulted from the accumulation of combustible dust inside a poorly designed dust collection system that had been put into operation only four days before the accident, an investigation by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has found.

HORN has added three new account managers to the HORN Advanced Materials business unit.

The board of directors of Emery Oleochemicals has named Ramesh Kana as the company’s new Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO).

Dymax Corp. has appointed Carlos Carpio a Territory Sales Manager.

PSG^®, a manufacturer of industrial pumps and related flow-control technologies, has appointed Craig Paulson Vice President of Human Resources.