AkzoNobel’s protective coatings business announced that Scott Doering and Fernando Macedo have been appointed Vice Presidents overseeing the International^® and Devoe^® protective coatings brands within the North America East and West regions.

Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. announced that Steven Mills, former Chief Financial Officer at Amyris Inc., is joining the company’s Board of Directors.

Saint Clair Systems Inc., Washington Township, MI, has purchased the assets of Norcross Corp., a Massachusetts-based viscosity-control company.

Iranian biomaterials researchers from Isfahan University of Technology produced biocompatible materials based on metallic alloy to modify the properties of materials used in tissue engineering.

The Munich-based chemical company WACKER has reorganized its distribution network for silicone and polymer products in Central and Eastern Europe.

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. (Momentive) has named specialty chemicals distributor Peninsula Polymers its Distributor of the Year for Epoxy Americas.

LPW Technology, a developer and supplier of optimized metal powders for additive manufacturing, has formally established a U.S. subsidiary, LPW Technology Inc.

Vencorex announced it will open a new customer service center in the Asia-Pacific region on June 2, 2014.

The UK’s Technology Strategy Board has awarded £0.5 million in funding to a consortium that will participate in a two-year collaborative research project to develop new, sustainable high-performance marine-fouling-control coatings.