BASF Coatings announced its intention to sell the decorative paints business of RELIUS COATINGS GmbH & Co. KG and the respective subsidiaries in France and the Netherlands.

Rankin Hobbs, CEO of KaMin LLC, announced that Harlan Archer has been appointed President of KaMin LLC.

RPM International Inc. has reported double-digit increases in sales, net income and diluted earnings per share for its fiscal 2012 first quarter ended August 31, 2011.

When consumers and paint contractors start their next home improvement project, the paint they buy may very well contain a new technology from Dow Coating Materials called EVOQUE™ Pre-Composite Polymer Technology.

WACKER, the Munich-based chemicals group, received Frost & Sullivan’s New Product Innovation Award for its novel GENIOSIL® product class.

The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI, announced that the SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture between Dow and SCG, has reached a key milestone for the new propylene oxide (PO) facility in Thailand by ramping the plant up to stable production levels in preparation for the full capacity run scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2011.

A leading supplier of electron microscopes and scientific instrumentation, JEOL USA, Peabody, MA, and its parent company JEOL Ltd., Akishima, Japan, have opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil.

Taminco has unveiled redesigned Web sites for the company’s coatings additives Advantex® (www.advantexamine.com) and Vantex®-T (www.vantex-t.com).

Rust-Oleum has introduced a cost-efficient alternative to purchasing bulky pre-fabricated boards: Rust-Oleum Professional Dry Erase Paint.

Watson Standard is accelerating its growth activities for both its Rigid and Flexible packaging businesses, including plans for organic growth initiatives, forming strategic partnerships and acquisitions of complimentary companies.