Specialty chemicals distributor Dowd and Guild Inc. has won the 2013 Excellence Award presented by Behr Process Corp.

Zeeospheres Ceramics LLC has appointed the M. F. Cachat Co. (Cachat) an exclusive distributor for the company’s complete line of ceramic microspheres.

Sun Chemical has further enhanced its new customer-focused global website with a mobile version of the site, which includes all the information, functionality and search capabilities found at www.sunchemical.com.

PPG Industries’ coatings and resin plants in Tianjin, Zhangjiagang and Wuhu, China, held “Better Chemistry, Better Home” open days to celebrate World Environment Day.

Michelman was a winner at the 2014 Manny Awards held June 18, 2014, in Cincinnati, OH, and sponsored by Cincy Magazine.

Oxea Corp. announced on July 4 that it has encountered a significant production issue at its Bay City, TX, facility.

Commercial-scale production of the high-purity renewable platform chemical, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural(5-HMF), has started at the Biochem-1 facility operated by AVA Biochem in Muttenz, Switzerland.

Chromaflo Technologies Corp.’s President and CEO Scott Becker has received the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2014 Award in the Distribution & Manufacturing category in northeast Ohio.

Employees from Michelman’s Windhof, Luxembourg, offices recently took part in two physical challenges organized to help develop awareness and raise donations for the European Association against Leukodystrophy (ELA) and for the Royal Wilhelmina Dutch Cancer Society.

Cardolite Corp. has appointed Dowd and Guild Inc. to represent the company’s products in the western region of the United States, covering Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.