The Valspar Corp. reported second quarter 2014 net sales of $1.1 billion, an increase of 10% over the prior year.

LORD Corp., Cary, NC, has partnered with the North Carolina State University Department of Chemistry to establish the first LORD Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship.

Celanese Corp., Dallas, TX, announced that it intends to construct a VAE emulsions production unit in Southeast Asia.

Coatex has won the Ringier Coatings Technology Innovation Award in the Additives category.

Superior Materials Inc., Garden City, NY, has received two awards recognizing its leadership as a distributor and sales agent company.

Evonik Industries has opened an integrated production complex for isophorone and isophorone diamine in Shanghai, China.

Germany‘s Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V. (The Institute for Construction and the Environment, or IBU) has issued environmental product declarations for DEGADUR^® reactive resins, providing ecological certification for this product from Evonik Industries AG’s Coating & Adhesive Resins (CA-AC) business line.

Novomer Inc. announced the commercial introduction of Converge^® polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polyols for use in polyurethane formulations targeted at adhesive, coatings, sealants, elastomers, and rigid and flexible foams.

Valspar’s Color Trends website was selected as an Official Honoree in The 18^th Annual Webby Awards in the Best Practices category.

Battelle scientists have developed a tiny bead, the Battelle Smart Corrosion Detector™ bead, that not only detects corrosion but delivers a payload to help heal the microscopic cracks that rust creates.