Accessa Coatings Solutions has opened a new facility in Millersburg, OH, to better serve commercial coatings customers in northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.

Custom Milling & Consulting Inc. has expanded its production capabilities into Brazil.

Powder characterization specialist Freeman Technology has established a representative office in China and appointed Joey Xie to be the Product Manager and Chief Representative.

Following its recent acquisition of the U.S.-based biotechnology company Virdia, Stora Enso is investing €32 million in a demonstration and market development plant to be built in Raceland, Louisiana.

Emulsion polymer manufacturer Synthomer Group has appointed Worldwide Resins & Chemicals Group (WWRC) as its distributor for its Functional Polymers and Construction and Coating business units in Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia) as well as Korea and Taiwan.

Coatings and coatings-related material are all regulated as hazardous materials (hazmat) when shipped by ground, air, ocean or rail. Businesses that ship hazmat by air must comply with international rules set by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), an agency of the United Nations.

CSB Chairperson Moure-Eraso has issued a statement that warns of the danger of hot work on tanks that contain biological or organic material.

Exova has agreed to a strategic partnership with Endures in the Netherlands, previously known as the TNO Maritime Material Performance Centre.

Specialty chemicals supplier Vertellus has introduced two new natural oil polyols that have been developed primarily for two-component solvent-borne industrial-maintenance applications.

Argex Titanium Inc. and Helm U.S. Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Germany-based HELM AG, have entered into an exclusive long-term marketing and supply agreement for the distribution of titanium dioxide (TiO₂) in the United States and Canada.