Spiroflow Systems Inc. has announced key additions to its organization, adding personnel in its robotics automation and engineering teams.

Testing company Exova has appointed Jean-Michel Sintome as General Manager of its specialist corrosion and materials technology facility in Daventry, England.

PPG Industries and Henan Billions Chemical Co. Ltd. held a ceremony to mark the completion of Henan Billions’ titanium dioxide (TiO₂) manufacturing and research facility in the Henan Province of China.

For the third quarter of 2014, Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel) reported positive volume growth and an improvement in return on sales (ROS) from 8.0% to 9.1%.  

On Friday, September 12, over 200 Michelman employees around the world put their corporate work down and embraced a day of giving back to their communities.

Hoover Container Solutions Pty Ltd. (Hoover), a subsidiary of Hoover Group Inc., has moved to a larger and newly renovated facility in Perth, Australia.

Union Colours Ltd., the international division of Longyu Pigments and Chemicals Corp., has appointed Habich GmbH, Leiben-Weitenegg, Austria, as its exclusive distributor for Austria and selected countries on the boarder of Central Europe and Southeastern Europe.

Maroon Group LLC has acquired Addipel LLC, a custom blender and re-packager based in Avon Lake, OH.

UC Berkeley scientists have taken proteins from nerve cells and used them to create a “smart” material that is extremely sensitive to its environment. This marriage of materials science and biology could give birth to a flexible, sensitive coating that is easy and cheap to manufacture in large quantities.

By using liquid salts during formation instead of harsh chemicals, fibers that conduct electricity can be strengthened, according to a patent issued to a team of researchers at The University of Alabama.