Plasticolors Inc. recently appointed Andrew Bartlett as a chemical engineer within the Coatings Technical Group.

Alan Yang is based out of the Dover Shanghai, China, office and will oversee China, Taiwan, Korea and southeast Asia.

Adhesion ’13 organizers have issued a call for papers for the conference, scheduled to take place Sept. 4-6, 2013, at the National Science Learning Centre, University of York, U.K.

PPG Industries recently announced it has finalized the purchase agreement to acquire European coatings company Dyrup A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark, from its owner, Monberg & Thorsen.

Deacom Inc. recently appointed Drew Schwoyer to the position of lead product consultant and named Matthew Keffer senior sales executive.

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The global headquarters for Ferro Corp. has been relocated to Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

Loparex Group recently announced plans to build a 35,400 m² (380,000 ft²) greenfield facility for the production of siliconized paper and polymer films (release liners).

When completed, the advanced manufacturing facility will create 355 jobs and will reportedly be larger than any existing solar panel factory in the country today.

Nordson ASYMTEK recently announced that Steven J. Adamson, marketing specialist, received the Daniel C. Hughes, Jr. Memorial Award, which is presented by IMPAS.