General Motors and Honda recently announced a long-term, definitive master agreement to co-develop next-generation fuel cell system and hydrogen storage technologies, aiming for the 2020 timeframe.

Nordson Corp. recently announced that President  and CEO Michael F. Hilton has received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2013 award in the Public Company Category for the Northeast Ohio Region.

The Electronics Group of Henkel recently announced it has named Kevin Becker, Ph.D., to lead its global Product Development and Engineering (PD&E) team.

Chromaflo Technologies Corp. recently announced it has contracted a new sales manager in Brazil.

In 2007-2011, China’s output of structural adhesives presented a compound annual growth rate of 16.6%, higher than the growth rate of 13.6% of the adhesive industry in the same period.

Dow Corning recently announced it has joined imec, a leading research center for the advancement of nano-electronics.

Royce International recently announced that Vinay Mishra, Ph.D., has joined the company as director of Technology and Business Development.

Pilot Chemical Co. recently announced the completion of the largest infrastructure investment in the company’s history at its Middletown, Ohio, facility.

LANXESS recently announced it is relocating its headquarters to Cologne.

Semiconductor sales appear to be finally emerging from the red this year, with moderate but steady growth of 5.1% projected through 2014.