Based on its recent analysis of the carbon nanotubes market, Frost & Sullivan has recognized OCSiAl Group with the 2014 North American Award for Technology Innovation for its OCSiAl TUBALL™ products.

Verdezyne Inc., a privately held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals, has reached an agreement with Bio-XCell Malaysia to construct Verdezyne’s first commercial-scale renewable chemicals manufacturing facility in Bio-XCell’s biotechnology and ecosystem park in Nusajaya, Iskandar, in southern Malaysia.

Novomer Inc., announced that Jowat AG, a supplier of industrial adhesives headquartered in Germany, is the first to commercially adopt Novomer’s new Converge^® polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polyols for use in polyurethane hot melt adhesive applications.

RISE Microscopy has been nominated for a 2015 Photonics Prism Award.

Vencorex is significantly expanding its capacity of isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), with expansion of the monomer capacity taking place at the company’s Pont de Claix site in France.

Two ship owners are due to be awarded a combined total of almost $500,000 when the first claims resulting from a new carbon credits methodology developed by AkzoNobel and The Gold Standard Foundation are finalized next year.

The Valspar Corp. has completed the purchase of Madison Chemical Industries Inc., a coatings manufacturer headquartered in Ontario, Canada.

The 2014 British Coatings Federation (BCF) Awards evening at the end of November hosted over 110 guests who gathered to celebrate the successes of the coatings industry.

Durability is the most important characteristic associated with building products in general and “green” building products in particular, according to the findings of a blind survey of U.S. architects commissioned by PPG Industries.

Paint and coatings manufacturer Benjamin Moore & Co., Montvale, NJ, has appointed Ron Schuller as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President.