Troy Corp., Florham Park, NJ, has announced The Chidley & Peto Co., Arlington Heights, IL, as its new manufacturer’s representative for specialty biocides and metal carboxylates in the Midwest region

tesa tape inc. has hired Scott Foster as a sales specialist focusing on paper and printing markets within Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and New Mexico. Prior to joining tesa,

RPM International Inc., Medina, OH, has announced the acquisition of Manchester, England-based Flowcrete Group, a leading global manufacturer of resin flooring systems for industrial and commercial applications. Established in 1982,

Franklin International, a Columbus, OH-based manufacturer of glues, adhesives and sealants, has launched a new company and plant in Guangzhou to be closer to an increasing number of customers in

US Silicones, a start-up supplier of compounded silicone rubber materials for the medical, industrial, automotive and home appliance markets, will locate its manufacturing operations in Fort Wayne, IN, creating more

TricorBraun recently won an American Packaging Design Award for its redesign of the venerable Elmer’s Glue squeeze bottle. Through the years, less-expensive glues with similar colors and packaging appeared on

LANXESS AG has successfully completed the acquisition of an approximate 70% holding in Petroflex S.A., Latin America’s biggest rubber producer, for an estimated €200 million.  Petroflex S.A. will be included

AkzoNobel has announced the launch of a new corporate brand. Symbolizing the company’s fundamental transformation and determination to lead change, it embodies AkzoNobel’s clear ambitions for the future and a

Univar N.V., Rotterdam, The Netherlands, has announced the acquisition of Marnic Plc through RW Greeff (RWG), Univar’s Industrial Consumables Division. Marnic Plc is a specialist distributor of tape and protection

Sika AG has announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Sika Corp., has acquired the commercial and industrial polymer flooring business of ICS Garland Inc. Revenues for this business totaled approximately $14