Emerald Performance Materials LLC recently announced it has named Brian A. Denison president of Emerald Kalama Chemical BV.

Avery Dennison has given its business units new names to communicate their focus on market-driven solutions that help make brands more inspiring and the world more intelligent.

NETZSCH Premier Technologies LLC has promoted John Sneeringer to applications and process advisor.

Net income for the first quarter of 2011 was $14.4 million, compared to $19 million in last year’s first quarter.

DSM recently announced a reorganization that merges its DSM Powder Coating Resins and DSM NeoResins+ business units into a single new unit called DSM Coating Resins.

One company engages consumers by allowing them to design their own personalized stickers on a simple web program. Since its inception in 2010, StickerYou has already had some major brands

Rob Landquist has been named IT director for Ellsworth Adhesives at its Germantown, WI, headquarters. Landquist will focus on managing the IT department, as well as offering technology leadership and direction.

OMNOVA Solutions has announced the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art specialty chemical plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) in Caojing, China.

Coover is one of the world’s great inventors, with 460 patents and over 60 publications.

IPS Structural Adhesives recently announced it is leveraging its merger with Holdtite Adhesives Ltd. to create a new brand, expand production capacity and introduce new technologies to a broader array of markets.