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.
Oxea has named Specialty Chemical Sales Inc. (SCS) as the national distribution partner for its next-generation coalescing agent Oxfilm 351 in the United States.
To meet the demands of its fast-growing Asian markets, Michelman has invested in additional production equipment at its Singapore manufacturing facility, which increases capacity by 40 percent.