The Canadian Paint and Coatings Association (CPCA) announced that Eric Bockus is the latest recipient of the Diploma in Coatings Technology.

Specialty Polymers Inc. has hired Brad McPhee as the company’s new Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Specialty chemicals distributor Gulf Coast Chemical Corp., Tampa, FL, has expanded its Inside Sales Department.

RPM International Inc. has promoted Kenneth M. Armstrong to Senior Director of Environmental, Health and Safety, and has hired Carrie Rogers as Senior Internal Auditor and Justin Williams as Global Tax Manager.

Huntsman Corp. announced that the European Commission has approved its previously announced acquisition of the Performance Additives and Titanium Dioxide (TiO₂) businesses of Rockwood Holdings Inc.

For the first time in its 108-year history, the Perkin Medal – given for “applied chemical work resulting in outstanding commercial development” – has been awarded for efforts in green chemistry.

A thin layer of graphene paint can make impermeable and chemically resistant coatings that could be used for food packaging and corrosion protection, according to new findings from researchers at The University of Manchester in England.

AkzoNobel and clean-tech company Photanol have teamed up to develop a process for harnessing the power of the sun to make chemicals.

Clariant has inaugurated a new extension to its production facility in Roha, India.

Bernard Roche, President & CEO of Arkema Inc., the U.S. unit of the Arkema Group, issued the following statement after a White House meeting on September 16 at which Arkema highlighted its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat global warming.