Reichhold Inc. has reorganized its distribution network.

Taminco has signif­icantly increased its North American specialty amine derivatives capacity in order to address growing market demand.

U. S. Representative Tim Holden and Pennsylvania House Speaker Keith McCall joined a slate of elected officials, 30-year employees and other honored guests at the headquarters of global effect pigment manufacturer Silberline to celebrate the family owned company’s 65th anniversary.

U.S. Zinc, Houston, TX, has named E.W. Kaufmann Co., Bristol, PA, as a distributor for its zinc oxide.

Eckart America Corp. is consolidating its sales agency and distribution network within the United States.

Vogel Paint, Orange City, IA, has signed an agreement with Hesse-Lignal of Hamm, Germany, to become its exclusive licensee for the manufacture of wood coatings for the United States.

The Lubrizol Corp. has broken ground on a new additive plant in China, the centerpiece of a previously announced 10-year investment plan to upgrade operations and increase the company’s global capacity in lubricant additives.

Arkema has announced construction of a latex plant in China to produce a range of emulsion polymers for use primarily in the coatings and adhesives markets.

Specialty chemicals company Perstorp, a leading supplier of caprolactone and its derivatives, announced that its current investment to double the production capacity of its Warrington, UK, site is on track.

BASF has opened a new Polyurethane System House in Poland.