Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has appointed Kaye Linkenhoger as Sales Manager, North America, for the group’s growing line of K-FLEX® low-VOC, non-phthalate plasticizers and coalescents.
Dixie Chemical Co.’s Board of Directors announced the retirement of Charles (Chuck) Bennett as President and CEO of the company, effective June 1, 2015.
The Valspar Corp. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the performance coatings businesses of Quest Specialty Chemicals Inc., which include automotive refinish and industrial coatings.
At the beginning of May, the Chemistry of Advanced Materials council of the Top Sector Chemistry gave the green light for nine new projects in the Biobased Performance Materials (BPM) program. Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research, together with 25 partners, will be focusing on materials made from plant-based raw materials.
Nanomaterials commonly used in sunscreens and boat-bottom coatings are making sea urchin embryos more vulnerable to toxins, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.