RPM International Inc. has hired Joe Toula as Assistant Controller, Angela Vannucci as Manager of Corporate Development and Jennifer Scully as Human Resources Generalist.

Argosy International Inc., a leading supplier of advanced composites and related materials to the Asia-Pacific aerospace industry, created and filled two new management positions to keep pace with its rapid growth.

Peninsula Polymers announced that Brenda Alpert has accepted the position of Senior Account Manager in the northeast region.

An ASTM subcommittee is developing a proposed standard to test the slip coefficient properties of coatings used in slip-critical bolted connections.

The specialty chemicals group ALTANA continued on its growth course in the 2013 business year. Sales increased by four percent to €1,765 million in year-to-year terms.

Researchers at University West in Sweden have started using nanoparticles in the heat-insulating surface layer that protects aircraft engines from heat.

In order to meet growing customer demand, Oxea is planning to increase its European capacity for Oxsoft GPO (dioctyl terephthalate - DOTP) by 50,000 metric tons by the fourth quarter of 2015.

Sartomer Americas has earned the Certified Biobased Product designation from the USDA for its entire Sarbio^® line of 13 specialty acrylates and methacrylates.

Enterprise Specialty Products Inc. (ESP), a specialist in foam-control technology headquartered in Laurens, SC, is celebrating its 10^th anniversary.

Bayer MaterialScience announced its expansion plan for the production of hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) at the groundbreaking of its new 50,000-tons-per-year HDI production unit located at the Bayer Integrated Site Shanghai (BISS).