Evonik Industries is building a new production plant for polymer dispersants at the Goldschmidtstrasse site in Essen, Germany.

GEO Specialty Chemicals Inc. (GEO) has been chosen by PPG Industries as a winner of the PPG Excellent Supplier Award 2013.

Huntsman Pigments is celebrating 80 years since the production of its first ton of titanium dioxide pigment, made at its Billingham facility in the UK in July 1934.

Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel) reported positive volume development in all three of the company’s business areas. The company reported second-quarter revenue of €3,710 million, 4% lower compared with the same quarter last year. The decrease was mainly due to 5% adverse currency effects.

Matrix Automotive Finishes announced that Ryan Evans, head painter of the History Channel’s TV show “Counting Cars,” will be featured in the Matrix booth (#26003) at the NACE Expo.

Powder coatings manufacturer IGP Pulvertechnik AG, Wil, Switzerland, has created a new division, IGP North America.

Charles Divine, President and CEO of Munson Machinery, announced that the company is expanding the size of its Utica, NY, headquarters by approximately one-third.

The RAHN Group is developing its international presence, moving to a new site in Shanghai, China, on July 10 and bolstering the local sales team.

Oxford Instruments’ Asylum Research has opened its first Nanotechnology Lab for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in India.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released its final report, safety recommendations and accompanying safety video covering a fatal combustible dust explosion at the AL Solutions metal recycling facility in New Cumberland, WV.