Specialty chemical distributor JNS-Smithchem announced its appointment as the distributor representing Shin-Etsu MicroSi® vinyl resin technology, a division of Nissin Chemical Co. Ltd.
Specialty chemical provider Clariant announced full-year 2018 sales of CHF 6.623 billion compared to CHF 6.377 billion in 2017. This corresponds to 5% growth in local currency, all of which is organic.
The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) has named Mark Schultz, Government Marine Project Development Manager for Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings, the winner of the 2018-2019 John D. Keane Award of Merit.
At a launch event in the House of Lords, representatives from the surface engineering and coatings sectors met with parliamentarians, academics and Lords to recognize the importance of the sector in driving manufacturing growth in the post-Brexit UK.
Sudarshan, a provider of pigments headquartered in Pune, India, has started operations at the company's first application development lab outside of India.
The American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) is seeking nominations for the 2020 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings.
Dr. Ray Fernando of the Department of Chemical and Biochemistry at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, will receive the Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings for 2019.
HMG Paints announced that TopDec Decorating Supplies will now offer HMG's full decorative range via TopDec Decorating Supplies' website and via a new trade counter.