BASF Coatings Raw Materials has appointed Ribelin Sales distributor in Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.

The Sherwin-Williams Co. has been named a recipient of the National Council to Prevent Delinquency’s “Partner in Prevention” award for contributions to the council’s Anti-Graffiti project.

Eastern Michigan University’s Coatings Research Institute has opened a new Polymer Physics Laboratory donated to the university by BP Amoco.

ASTM will offer a training course on laboratory accelerated-weathering testing, “Weathering and Durability.”

ASTM has awarded Joseph V. Koleske the Charles B. Dudley Medal.

Rose A. Ryntz will receive the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology’s highest honor, the George Baugh Heckel Award.

Sinnett-Elpaco Coatings has acquired certain assets of Tioga Coatings.

Eastman Chemical said it has completed the $355-million acquisition of McWhorter Technologies.

The Sherwin-Williams Co. completed the acquisition of Norfolk Paint.

Albemarle, Cytec Industries and GE Specialty Chemicals announced plans to form a business-to-business Internet joint venture, PolymerAdditives.com.