To better reflect the nature of its members’ activities and to strengthen its position in the chemicals supply chain, the UK-based Alliance of Industry Associations (AIA), which was formed in 1991, has decided on a new name and logo. The association has renamed itself the Alliance of Chemical Associations.

The Powder Coating Institute announced the establishment of an Educational Fund that will solicit, recommend and approve scholarship awards to students who are pursuing studies in fields related to powder coatings.

ANGUS Chemical Co. announced that AMP, a multifunctional specialty chemical that’s widely used in latex paint formulations, is no longer classified as a VOC under a final rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Evonik Industries and Jiangsu Zhongneng Polysilicon Technology Development Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited (GCL-Poly), have signed a letter of intent to establish a joint venture for the production of fumed silica and ultra-pure silicon tetrachloride in China.

Gulf Coast Chemical Corp., Tampa, FL, has signed an exclusive distributor agreement with FCC Inc.

Novomer Inc. has named Barcelona-based Quimidroga s.a. as an authorized distributor of Converge^® polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polyols in Spain, Portugal and Turkey.

Specialty chemicals company Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. announced a new collaboration with Genting Plantations Berhad through Genting Integrated Biorefinery Sdn Bhd (GIB), to be located in the Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) in Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia.

Faced with growing global demand, KH Neochem Co. Ltd. has increased production capacity of its 2-ethyl hexanoic acid by 10%.

Pilot Chemical Co. has launched its new website, www.pilotchemical.com.

Sartomer, a business unit of Arkema Inc. and a global leader in specialty acrylate and methacrylate monomers and oligomers, announced that Kenny Messer has joined the company as Regional Group President of Sartomer Americas.