Yujie (Jessica) Ding has joined Dow Corning Corp. as the company’s North American regional marketer for coatings and construction chemicals.

Nubiola Group, Barcelona, Spain, has appointed Denison Novak as the new Area Manager for Brazil, supporting regional growth opportunities in the plastics, coatings and construction industries.

RadTech announced its Board of Directors for 2015, with Peter Weissman of Quaker Chemical Corp. assuming the RadTech presidency.

GMZ has hired Rocky Prior to be GMZ CASE Vice President of Sales.

Allnex has acquired Águia Química, one of the largest manufacturers of alkyd and acrylic resins in Brazil.

Specialty chemical distributor Tri-iso Inc., Cardiff by the Sea, CA, and chemical marketing specialist The TryLine Group, Bellvue, WA, have merged to create a new company, Tri-iso TryLine LLC.

Royal Adhesives & Sealants LLC, South Bend, IN, has completed its acquisition of the assets of Advanced Polymers International (API) from PCI Paper Conversions Inc.

Tesla Nanocoatings is expanding production of its Teslan^® brand of nanocoatings, a corrosion-resistant coating for structural steel, produced with SMW™ specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes developed by SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT).

In an effort to improve the global competitiveness of its pigments and additives business, Huntsman Corp. announced a restructuring program in which the company plans to reduce its workforce by approximately 900 positions.

Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN, announced a planned increase in its Eastman Texanol™ ester alcohol manufacturing capacity in Longview, TX.