The roughly 109,000-sq-ft facility boosts the company’s production and technical support capability with room for new equipment, an expanded R&D laboratory, and an increase in sales and technical staff.

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Ashland recently announced it has completed its acquisition of privately owned International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP), a global specialty chemical manufacturer of innovative functional ingredients and technologies.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is increasing the type and amount of information it collects on commercial chemicals from chemical manufacturers, allowing the agency to better identify and manage potential risks to Americans’ health and the environment.

Sika Corp. recently announced the appointment of new personnel in its Research and Development Group.

This annual award program recognizes exemplary technological contributions by associates in the company’s research and development, sales and marketing, technical service, operations, product management, LEAN SixSigma, and strategic sourcing organizations.

ChemPoint now serves as the authorized distributor of Momentive’s general-purpose and custom elastomer products in North America.

Nordson ASYMTEK recently announced it will host a free technical seminar on conformal coating, dispensing, and jetting applications and innovations, along with the fluids, equipment, and manufacturing techniques to implement them.

Sea-Land Chemical Co. has hired Mauricio Galvez as an account manager for Sea-Land Chemical Canada Ltd.

The global market for paints and coatings was worth nearly $100 billion in 2010, according to “Paints and Coatings: Global Markets & Advanced Technologies,” a new report.