Sun Chemical Advanced Materials, Parsippany, NJ, and its parent company, the DIC Corp., have opened a new European Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS) Technical Center in Karlstein, Germany.
Kuraray Co. Ltd. announced plans to increase the production capacity of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, EVAL™ within its subsidiary, Kuraray America Inc.
K ALPHA has acquired Bowman Analytics, its long-time partner for X-ray fluorescence (XRF) instrumentation for coating thickness measurement, elemental analysis, and solution analysis.
Maroon Group continues to expand its U.S. reach with the addition of John W. Lovell as its newest Midwest Account Manager to cover northern Illinois, Iowa and Kansas City.
TCI Powder Coatings, a subsidiary of RPM International Inc., has appointed Rich Chappel Business Development Manager for the Southwest Region (Texas, Louisiana, Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma).
Safic-Alcan UK, a distributor of specialty chemicals and subsidiary of the Safic-Alcan Group, has acquired 100 percent of KemCare, a leading chemical distributor specializing in the personal care, home care and industrial sectors in the UK and Ireland.
National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) President Eric R. Byer issued the following statement on the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 2576, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act that would reform the 40-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).