Evonik recently announced that a fire broke out at its CDT (cyclododecatriene) plant on the grounds of the Marl Chemicals Park at 1:40 p.m. on March 31.

The global nanocomposites market is expected to reach 1.5 billion lbs by 2017

RPM International Inc. recently announced that its Rust-Oleum Group has acquired HiChem Paint Technologies Pty. Ltd.

Dow reportedly anticipates that it will save approximately $250 million annually from these actions.

PPG Industries’ Protective and Marine Coatings business (PPG-PMC) recently announced it has partnered with Physical Security LLC to apply MIL-TOUGH® BR polyurea coating to help customers meet requirements of the U.S. Department of Defense Unified Facilities Criteria and the Interagency Security Committee Physical Security Criteria for Anti-Terrorism Force Protection (ATFP).

IPC–Association Connecting Electronics Industries® recently announced the appointment of John W. Mitchell to the position of president and CEO, effective April 23

H.B. Fuller Co. recently reported net income for the first quarter of 2012 was $15.3 million, compared to $14.4 million in last year’s first quarter.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. recently announced it is advancing its Asian expansion strategy to support new and existing customers.

Henkel Corp. recently announced financial results for 2011. Sales increased 3.4% to €15,605 million (~ $20,794 million).

Steven Wong will be responsible for managing the company’s Asian strategy across all of Michelman’s industry segments.