Light Curable Coatings and Quick Cure Protective Coatings received a 2018 R&D 100 Award for a UV curable industrial floor coating based on bio-renewable materials.
The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) President, Eric R. Byer, issued a statement praising the U.S. Senate for approving the nominations of Martin Oberman and Patrick Fuchs to the Surface Transportation Board and Alexandra Dunn as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
RadTech, the non-profit trade association for ultraviolet and electron beam technologies, announced that Eileen Weber, Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co. Inc., is its new President.
Specialty chemicals distributor Maroon Group LLC, Avon, Ohio, has added an Operations Manager, Specialty Intermediates, working out of the company's office in Darien, Connecticut.
Excelitas Technologies Corp., a provider of customized photonic solutions, has completed the acquisition of Axsun Technologies, Billerica, Massachusetts.
LANXESS Corp. announced that Palmer Holland will become the exclusive distributor for Bayferrox® and Colortherm® brand inorganic pigments for the western United States.
The European Committee for Risk Assessment has notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of its intention to proceed with a number of regulatory actions including the proposal to classify titanium dioxide as a Category 2 Carcinogen under the EU’s Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation.