Guild CPO, a global buying cooperative serving 70 coatings manufacturers, has named Southern Clay Products Inc. its 2010 Supplier of the Year.

DYMAX Corp. recently announced the appointment of Mark Pizzuto to the position of Market Segment manager-Medical.

Owens Corning recently reported its consolidated net sales decreased 2% to $1.24 billion in the first quarter of 2011, compared with $1.27 billion in the previous year’s first quarter.

BASF recently announced it has appointed Derek Fairclough senior vice president, Dispersions and Pigments, in North America.

The Hydrocarbon Specialty Chemical (HSC) division of Cray Valley has received approval from parent company Total to construct a new manufacturing facility to produce hydrogenated tackifying resins.

Nordson ASYMTEK recently announced it has won a Service Excellence Award (SEA) in the dispensing category.

RadTech has announced it will offer a free webinar series with seven new webinars.

Clariant recently announced it has completed its purchase of 96.15% of the shares in Süd-Chemie from One Equity Partners and the family shareholders.

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. and PCCR USA Inc. recently announced that the companies have signed a definitive agreement for Momentive to sell its North American composites and coating resins business to PCCR USA, a subsidiary of Investindustrial, a European investment group.

The global market for Testing Laboratories is forecast to reach $77 billion by 2017, according to a new report.