Wayne T. Smith is the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Corp., Florham Park, NJ, as of May 1, 2015.

The merger of Henan Billions Chemicals Co. Ltd. (Henan Billions) and Sichuan Lomon Titanium Co. Ltd. (Lomon), two of China's largest TiO₂ manufacturers, was announced on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on May 5.

The UK Coatings Industry, via the British Coatings Federation (BCF), will be offering a unique scholarship for chemistry graduates interested in pursuing a career in the Coatings Industry.

AkzoNobel has signed an extension to its agreement with McLaren Automotive that will see the company continue to provide high-performance coatings, working as a technical partner.

DiversityInc has ranked BASF #28 on its 2015 Top 50 Companies for Diversity ranking.

Cleantech Group awarded the Standout Financial Achievement of the Year Award to Green Biologics Ltd., a U.K.-based industrial biotechnology and renewable chemicals company.

The Chidley & Peto Co. held its 8^th annual Minnesota Technical Seminar on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at the Sheraton West Hotel in Minnetonka, MN.

Ribelin has been awarded the Huntsman Advanced Materials’ Distributor of The Year Award for 2014.

WACKER, the Munich-based chemical group, posted annual sales of €1.22 billion in Greater China in 2014, indicating an increase of 14 percent compared with that of the previous year (€1.07 billion in 2013).

Evonik Industries recently awarded Chem-Materials Inc. its Distributor of the Year for Highest Sales Growth in 2014.