The American Composite Manufacturers Association (ACMA) recently announced new leadership.

BASF, Cargill and Novozymes recently announced an important milestone in their joint development of technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials.

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

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, recently announced the completion of its latest capacity expansion for K-FLEX^®non-phthalate plasticizers at its Kalama, Wash., facility.

Bioformix Inc. recently announced it has hired Mark Holzer as vice president of Strategic Accounts.

China will displace the U.S. as the largest smartphone market this year, according to a new study from ABI Research.

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.