Haver Filling Systems Inc. (HFS), a provider of bulk material packaging solutions and filling equipment, is expanding its Conyers, GA, facility to increase production capacity.

Based on its recent analysis of the North American protective and marine coatings market, Frost & Sullivan has recognized Hempel with the 2013 Growth Excellence Leadership Award.

Representing a new chapter in the company’s history in the Delaware Valley, The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow), Midland, MI, inaugurated a new Northeast Technology Center (NTC) in Collegeville, PA.

Michael A. Cash has joined Axalta Coating Systems as Senior Vice President and President, Industrial Coatings.

By acquiring the majority of shares in Italian distributor Jointec s.r.l., Hamburg-based chemical distribution company Nordmann Rassmann (NRC) gains direct access to the Italian market.

IMCD Group B.V. has acquired Singapore-based Paceco Industrial Supplies Pte. Ltd., a distributor of engineering and specialty plastics.

A new transparent, bio-inspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning, and incredibly slippery, a team from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) reported online in the July 31 edition of Nature Communications.

A new ASTM International standard describes a solvent rub technique that can be used in the laboratory, field or fabrication shop for assessing the solvent resistance of an organic coating that chemically and/or physically changes during the curing process.

Olaf Nootbaar has been appointed CEO of Carbodeon Ltd., a specialist in carbon nanomaterials development and production.

The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) announced that Neema Toolaabee, Manager of Regulatory and Environmental Affairs with DAP, will become Chairman of the association’s Regulatory Affairs Committee (RAC) effective immediately.