MACtac® Technical Products recently announced it has transitioned the service portion of its building products and grit tapes product lines to distribution partner Jacobs & Thompson (J&T).

HRL Labs LLC was recently presented with an Emerging Technology Award by RadTech for its new ultraviolet (UV) photopolymerization technique to create or architect microlattice materials in a rapid, scalable fashion.

Elementis Specialties recently announced the territory expansion of its East Coast Distributor, TMC Materials.

BYK Additives and Instruments recently announced the opening its new lab building in Wesel, Germany.

Clifton Adhesives is a major supplier to the aerospace, military, recreational and commercial marine market of thermoplastic and elastomeric adhesives and coatings, which are used in the fabrication of inflatable structures.

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a division of Emerald Performance Materials, has appointed Jacques Geenen as K-FLEX® technical sales manager for Europe.

Nicolai Boehm presented “Quantitative Comonomer Analysis of Polyacrylates via IR Spectroscopy” at the PSTC TECH 35 technical seminar.

The $200 million purchase price, subject to adjustment as provided in the purchase agreement, will be financed with availability under an existing $500 million revolving credit facility.

The acquisition is in line with Kuraray’s strategy to expand its vinyl acetate chemical chains business.