Scott Bader has recently appointed Alan Kennedy as its new Commercial Director for the company’s Speciality Polymers division.

With expected soft demand for 2014, AkzoNobel CEO Ton Büchner announced that the company will continue to cut costs. Büchner made the announcement as the company reported lower revenue for 2013.

National Paint Industries has purchased the assets of Top Secret Coatings of Seattle.

Sika Automotive Division USA announced that Paul Bennett has been promoted to Warehouse Shift Manager.

Mark Dingeldein has been appointed Coatings Technical Marketing Manager, Americas, for the Pigments Business Line at Orion Engineered Carbons.

Dennis Buhl recently joined the Boulder Imaging (BI) team as Director of Sales, overseeing coatings product sales.

Axalta Coating Systems will begin the next phase of construction to significantly expand its waterborne production capacity at the company’s operations in Guarulhos, Brazil.

McCullough & Associates has added STEPAN’S liquid polyester polyols to its industrial line of products.

Pioneer Solutions Americas has selected Archway Sales Inc., St. Louis, MO, to represent its solid acrylic resin line.

Chromaflo Technologies, a leading supplier of colorant systems and chemical and pigment dispersions headquartered in Ashtabula, OH, has formed a new department called Global Business Development.