RPM International Inc. announced that the continuing strength of the U.S. dollar against most foreign currencies, coupled with rainy weather in North America, dampened performance for the fiscal 2016 first quarter ended August 31, 2015.
Nordson Corp. has appointed Lukasz Krzywanski to be a Regional Sales Manager in Eastern Europe for the company’s Polymer Processing System range of melt stream components.
Michelman announced that Dr. Karen A. Smith Bogart, President of Smith Bogart Consulting, Santa Barbara, CA, has been appointed to its Board of Directors.
Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the capital stock of privately held Arizona Chemical Holdings Corp. for a cash purchase price of $1.37 billion.
PPG Industries has completed its previously announced acquisition of the remaining interest in Chemfil Canada Limited, a joint venture of PPG and Madinal Enterprises.
In October, thousands of manufacturers, colleges and trade schools across the country will celebrate Manufacturing Day by opening their doors and inviting young people to experience modern manufacturing.
Biomimicry — known as “innovation inspired by nature” — has led to the invention of bullet trains, vaccines, adhesives and light bulbs, among other things.