Resinate Materials Group Inc. announced that Mark Vasconcellos is the company’s new Vice President of Sales.

A tropical carnivorous plant – the pitcher plant – that traps its prey inside its body with a virtually frictionless surface is inspiring a new generation of coatings capable of repelling liquids including blood, oil, honey and even ice.

A new ASTM International standard provides clear steps to collect airborne nanomaterials and analyze them to determine their surface area.

BASF announced plans to strengthen its production site at Mortara, Italy, by optimizing the production network for its photoinitiator business.

Specialty chemicals company Evonik Industries plans to start up new facilities and production capacities in 2014 that represent an investment volume of close to €1 billion.

AkzoNobel Powder Coatings announced plans to relocate its manufacturing facilities in Ningbo and Suzhou, China, to the Chang Zhou National High-Tech District by the end of 2015.

RPM International Inc.’s board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share, payable on January 31, 2014, to stockholders of record as of January 13, 2014.

Quest Automotive Products (QAP) has appointed Mark Flint the new VP of Sales and Marketing for the Matrix System and Pro-Spray brands, effective January 1, 2014.

RadTech, the non-profit trade association for the advancement of UV and EB technologies, announced the association’s new board members for 2014.

Sidereal Capital Group LLC, Chatham, NJ, has partnered with Argosy Private Equity to acquire U∙C Coatings Corp., Buffalo, NY, a manufacturer and distributor of wood-protection products for the logging, lumber, furniture and woodworking industries.