Ellsworth Adhesives recently announced it has received two distributor awards.

The PPG Industries Foundation has donated nearly $19,000 to four Milwaukee-area organizations for educational programs.

Brookfield recently announced the appointment of Gerhard Baumann to the position of managing director for Brookfield GmbH.

AkzoNobel and Solvay have joined forces with Ernst & Young to jointly develop a monitoring system that tracks and quantifies the use of renewable raw materials.

Huron Capital Partners LLC recently announced it has co-founded Valentus Specialty Chemicals Inc. with industry veteran Ray Chlodney.

Brookfield Engineering recently announced it is celebrating 80 years of innovation and customer service this year.

Liquid Control Ltd. recently announced it has partnered with California-based Fluid Research Corp. to create a partnership in mix and dispense equipment.

3M recently announced it has reached an innovation milestone with the issuance of 52 patents.

Cars sold in 2013 were 4% more efficient than the year before, according to provisional data from the European Environment Agency (EEA).

McCullough & Associates recently announced that Bayer MaterialScience has given it the 2013 CAS Distributor StraCo award.