IBR, a producer of natural active ingredients for personal care and cosmetics products, has appointed DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials, a specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor, to market a wide range of its product portfolio in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.

Sika Corp. has established a Silicone Competency Center headquartered in Lakewood, NJ.

Andpak Inc., a U.S. specialty chemical packager, announced the launch of Andpak Ltd., a full-service European operation in Halifax, UK.

Schlenk Metallic Pigments, a manufacturer of metal powders, pigments and pastes, has been named a technology partner by Color-Logic.

Lubrizol Performance Coatings, a business division of The Lubrizol Corp., has earned the Ringier Technology Innovation Award in China for the development of its one-component, self-crosslinking polyurethane dispersion (PUD) technology for wood coatings.

H.E. Orr Co., one of the few operations in the nation to perform e-coating and powder coating on one line, has launched its completely new Web site.

Raptor Detection Technologies LLC’s line of Substance Activated Fast Evaluation Technology (SAFE-T) products, currently being used by military organizations, are now available to law enforcement, security and first responders.

The North American Industrial Coating Show will take place October 4-6, 2011, at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati.

The American Coatings Association (ACA) and Vincentz Network are calling for papers to be presented at the American Coatings Conference 2012, which will take place May 7-9, 2012.

Leighs Paints, an industrial fire protection coatings company based in the UK, has become part of The Sherwin-Williams Co.