Dow Automotive, a global provider of advanced solutions for vehicle manufacturers and aftermarket repair, has named David Bem as its new Global Research & Development (R&D) director. In his new

LANXESS Corp.’s Inorganic Pigments Group (IPG), Pittsburgh, recently announced an agreement with Dowd and Guild Inc. and J.F. Shelton Co. to sell the chemical company’s BAYFERROX® inorganic pigments. California-based Dowd

BASF has named two new distributors for a number of its latex dispersions products in the U.S., effective Oct. 1, 2008. D. H. Litter Co. will be an exclusive distributor

Atlas Material Testing Technology has announced the formation of a weathering "Center of Excellence" at its world headquarters in Chicago. In support of this Center of Excellence, the current Atlas

The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has signed a contract to acquire the effect pigment business of the American company United States Bronze Powders Inc. (USBP). In 2007, USBP achieved sales

University Technologies International (UTI), the University of Calgary’s technology transfer, commercialization and incubation center, and Materia Inc., Pasadena, CA, have announced the signing of an exclusive license agreement for olefin

LANXESS Chief Financial Officer Matthias Zachert was recently named CEO of the Year at Chemical Week magazine’s 13th Annual CFO Conference. Chemical Week’s CFO of the Year Award was established

Emerald Performance Materials LLC (“Emerald”) has announced the formation of CVC Thermoset Specialties Division - the combination of CVC Specialty Chemicals and Emerald’s Reactive Liquid Polymers (RLP) businesses. CVC Specialty

Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex, a 50/50 joint venture between The Dow Chemical Co. and Reichhold Inc., has announced the planned sale of certain business assets, the permanent closure of all

The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA) expressed numerous international trade concerns that it has with the European Union’s REACH regulation to delegates attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference