BYK Kometra recently announced the opening of a new production building in Schkopau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Scanditron will also provide sales and service in this region for Nordson ASYMTEK’s conformal coating, jetting, and dispensing equipment and systems.

AkzoNobel recently announced plans to boost capacity at its Battleground, Texas, site.

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. recently announced plans to build a new plant in Chonburi, Thailand, to increase its capacity to produce acrylic-based resins and service customers in Southeast Asia.

Wacker Chemie AG recently announced it is expanding its production capacity in South Korea for vinyl acetateethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions by constructing a new plant with an annual capacity of 40,000 metric tons.

H.B. Fuller Co. recently announced that Dante C. Parrini has been elected as an independent member to its board of directors.

Headquartered in the Netherlands, IGM Resins is a global specialty chemical company and leading supplier of photoinitiators and acrylates.

Sika Corp.’s Industry and Automotive divisions recently announced several management promotions.

Estimated at $25 million, the new factory is expected to begin operations in the end of 2013.

3M and Ceradyne Inc. recently announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for 3M to acquire Ceradyne for $35 per share.