German specialty chemicals company LANXESS has announced strong figures for the past fiscal year, with improvements in key reported numbers.

The Valspar Corp., Minneapolis, has named James L. Muehlbauer to be the company’s new Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer.

Berger Paints India Ltd. has agreed to acquire, through its wholly owned subsidiary firm Brushworks Paints Ltd., the architectural operations of Sherwin-Williams Paints India Pvt. Ltd. for an undisclosed sum.

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. has obtained approval to expand capacity of its DMPA^® dimethylolpropionic acid facility.

Myers Engineering has added a new member to the company’s sales team.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant has introduced its new EcoTain^® approach to sustainable innovation.

Emerald Performance Materials has appointed Cemsac Corp., Ellisville, MO, as its distributor in the central United States for the Nychem™ specialty nitrile and butadiene emulsion product lines.

H.B. Fuller, St. Paul, MN, has been named one of the Ethisphere Institute’s 2013 World’s Most Ethical (WME) Companies.

The BASF Dispersions & Pigments Division recently recognized Ribelin Sales with its Distributor of the Year for 2012 award.

Ashland Performance Materials, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., has formed a partnership with Composite Trade, a Russian distribution company, to tap into Russia’s growing demand for composite resins.