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Kyowa Hakko Chemical Americas Inc. announced it officially began operations on April 1. The company, a spinoff of the Kyowa Hakko Group, will operate from corporate offices in Schaumberg, IL.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. recently announced that the American Chemical Society (ACS) has selected Carl Willis, Ph.D., of Kraton Polymers and Professor Timothy Long of Virginia Tech as recipients of the 2011 Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science and Engineering.

RPM International Inc. recently reported a sharp increase in net sales for its fiscal 2011 third quarter ended February 28, 2011.

Bertram Capital, which acquired Extrusion Dies Industries LLC (EDI) at the close of 2010, recently announced that Gary Edwards has been named CEO of EDI.

America’s wind power industry grew by 15% in 2010 and provided 26% of all new electric generating capacity in the U.S., according to the new American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).

Huntsman Corp. recently announced that it has completed its acquisition of Indian chemical producer Laffans Petrochemicals Ltd.

GLT GmbH, a leading distributor of Nordson EFD precision dispensing systems, has been rebranded as Nordson EFD Deutschland.

Chemir and CAS-MI will continue to operate under their current names; Cyanta will begin the process to be renamed EAG Life Sciences.

Intertape Polymer Group® Inc. recently announced the addition of three new members to its Specialty Markets Team: Jeff Hadt, Jay Hirschberg and Peter Pastuszko.