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Troy Corp., Florham Park, New Jersey, announced the election of W. Brian Smith by the board of directors to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.

Pilot Chemical Co., Cincinnati, has appointed Bert Gutierrez as the company’s new General Manager for Latin America.

Specialty chemicals supplier Sartomer Americas, Exton, Pennsylvania, a business unit of Arkema Group, has appointed René Neron and Nick Ferraco as Plant Managers in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Chatham, Virginia, respectively.

BioAmber Inc. announced that Jean-Francois Huc has resigned as President and CEO of the company.

The Landa Group, Rehovot, Israel, and ALTANA AG, Wesel, Germany, announced that ALTANA has acquired Landa's Metallography technology.

At the 2017 General Assembly held on February 15, 2017, the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) welcomed 16 new Full members and 22 new Associate members, signaling strong European cooperation on the bio-economy.

Synthomer, a leading supplier of waterborne dispersions and specialty polymers, will invest €20 million in its dispersions plant located in Worms, Germany.

Hockmeyer Equipment Corp. announced its decision to join the American Coatings Association (ACA).

Spiroflow Automation Solutions Inc. has been named to the Control Engineering 2016 Top 100 Systems Integrator Giants list in its Global System Integrator Report.

News has emerged that the Huntsman Corp.’s titanium dioxide (TiO₂) manufacturing facility in Pori, Finland, suffered a fire on January 30, 2017, stopping production at the site until repairs can be completed.