AkzoNobel Specialty Plastics has announced the full commercialization of Soliant Bright Film.

Kip Peterson has joined Archway Sales Inc. as a Technical Sales Representative for the Northeast Region.

DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials, a specialty chemicals distributor, and Korean-based Radiant have signed an exclusive agreement under which DKSH will provide sales, marketing, distribution and logistics services to Radiant in China.

Deacom Inc., producer of the DEACOM Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system, has added two new members to its sales department.

The PPG Industries Foundation helped to bring an interactive, educational assembly about color all the way from Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh to three schools in northern Nevada.

Ashland Inc. celebrated the opening of its new technical center in Mumbai, India. The new Ashland Technical Center will develop additives and ingredients that deliver high-performance characteristics sought after by coatings and construction industry professionals.

PPG Industries has finalized the purchase agreement to acquire European coatings company Dyrup A/S, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, from its owner, Monberg & Thorsen, a public holding company.

R&D Magazine honored Office of Naval Research Scientist Dr. Roshdy George S. Barsoum with a 2011 R&D 100 award on Oct. 13 for the development of a revolutionary coating material that is blast-and fire-resistant.

Global demand for thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) is forecast to rise 6.3 percent per year to 5.6 million metric tons in 2015.