STI Polymer, a North Carolina manufacturer of acrylic emulsion polymers, has hired Dr. Jeff Toke as Director of Product Development and Technology.

Effective April 7, 2014, OPC Polymers will raise prices across all product groups.

Specialty Polymers Inc. has hired Kimberly Koenig as the company’s new Product Manager.

Hamburg-based distributor VELOX GmbH is now representing AXALTA Polymer Powders’ Coathylene^® range for composite applications.

BASF will begin increasing the price for caprolactam and polyamide (PA) 6 polymer by $0.10 per pound in North America.

Michelman has acquired Ecronova Polymer GmbH, Recklinghausen, Germany, a manufacturer of water-based polymers used in the production of paints and lacquers.

BASF will begin increasing the price for polyamide (PA) 6 polymer in North America on June 1.

OPC Polymers, Columbus, OH, will expand the sales territory of TMC Materials, Shrewsbury, MA, representing all of the OPC Polymers product lines.

BASF Corp., Florham Park, NJ, is increasing the price for low-viscosity polyamide (PA) 6 polymer.

Kemira is increasing all list and off-list pricing for its acrylic acid and acrylamide-based polymer products in North America.