BYK Additives & Instruments has concluded an exclusive agreement with the Spanish technology research center ITENE of Valencia on the production and marketing of new clay-based additives for the packaging industry.

Specialty chemicals distributor Superior Materials Inc., Garden City NY, announced a number of personnel changes and promotions.

The future leadership of ASTM International was decided at the October meetings of the ASTM Board of Directors in Seoul, South Korea.

CVC Thermoset Specialties, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has appointed Michael Berlin Product Line Manager for the group’s line of Hypro™ reactive liquid polymers (RLP).

Corbion Purac is continuing its expansion into the biotechnology arena with plans to become a PLA producer.

On January 1, 2015, Stephan Spiegelhauer will take over as head of the Global Competence Center Paint at LANXESS’ Inorganic Pigments (IPG) business unit.

PPG Industries has finalized the acquisition of Consorcio Comex S.A. de C.V. (Comex), an architectural coatings company with headquarters in Mexico City, in a transaction valued at $2.3 billion.

Stahl, headquartered in the Netherlands, has acquired Clariant’s Leather Services Business in Brazil.

AkzoNobel has started operations at its new powder coatings plant in Dubai.

Special Materials Co. (SMC) and Dalian Bio Chem have agreed to form a new joint venture in the isothiazolone-based biocide and preservative markets.