The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) announced that Mark Plante, Director, North American Sales at Kraton, has joined its Board of Directors.

Chromaflo Technologies, a leading supplier of colorant systems, chemical and pigment dispersions, recently announced several new appointments.

The Supervisory Board of LANXESS AG announced it has reached a mutual agreement to end the contract of Axel C. Heitmann as a member and Chairman of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG.

Gulf Coast Chemical Corp., Tampa, FL, has hired David Hyde as the company’s new Technical Sales Representative.

Arkema and Jurong Chemical, China’s leader in acrylic acid, have created a new joint venture, Sunke, which will comprise the assets of Jurong’s acrylic acid production site in Taixing, China.

RadTech, the nonprofit trade association for UV and EB processes, is accepting nominations for its new sustainability achievement awards program, "Promoting Sustainability Through UV/EB Technology."

Researchers at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland, have developed coatings for medical implants that reduce the chance of infection.

Using an approach akin to assembling a club sandwich at the nanoscale, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have succeeded in crafting a uniform, multi-walled carbon-nanotube-based coating that greatly reduces the flammability of foam commonly used in upholstered furniture and other soft furnishings.

The chemical company Oxea has successfully increased its capacity by 20 percent for specialty esters at its Amsterdam Esters Plant (AEP) by implementing several optimization measures.

PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business is celebrating the 20^th anniversary of polysiloxane coatings, for which PPG was granted the first patent on January 4, 1994.