Markets in 59 of the approximately 350 metro areas nationwide returned to or exceeded their last normal levels of economic and housing activity in the third quarter of 2014.

DKSH Holding AG recently announced it has been appointed as a new exclusive distributor for KRÜSS GmbH.

RadTech Europe (RTE) recently issued a call for papers for the 2015 RadTech Europe Conference and Exhibition.

Net sales for the quarter grew approximately 4% to $1.56 billion, and increased approximately 3% on an organic basis.

CVC Thermoset Specialties, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, recently announced it has appointed Michael Berlin product line manager for the group’s line of Hypro™ reactive liquid polymers (RLP)

Univar Inc. recently announced it has acquired D’Altomare Quimica Ltda., a Brazilian distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients, through Univar Brasil Ltda.

AkzoNobel recently announced it has started operations at its new powder coatings plant in Dubai.

Sika recently announced financial results for the first nine months of 2014. The company reported sales of CHF 4,174.4 million (~ $4,338 million).

Momentive Performance Materials Inc. recently announced it has commissioned two new expansions at its Rayong, Thailand, manufacturing facility.

Dow Corning Corp. recently announced third quarter sales of $1.52 billion, a 7% increase compared to 2013.