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Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes hit a significant milestone in June, surging eight points to a reading of 52 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released on June 17.

Sika has acquired Everbuild Building Products Ltd, UK’s largest independent manufacturer of sealants, adhesives and construction chemicals.

Watson Standard Co. has promoted Henry K. Watson IV to the position of Executive Vice President from his prior position as Vice President of Corporate Development.

In response to a recent surge in sales of automated discrete chemistry analyzers and segmented flow analyzers, SEAL Analytical has appointed Sadie Vick to the position of Technical Support Chemist, based in the UK.

Pump Solutions Group (PSG^®), a business unit within Dover Corp., has named John Pepper Vice President of Integration and appointed Andrew Usuki to replace Pepper as Vice President, Sales & Business Development – Americas.

Arizona Polymer Flooring (APF), a manufacturer of high-performance flooring products and concrete coating systems, announced that Daniel Owen now serves as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Chemsultants International, Mentor, OH, has hired Brandon True as a Polymer Chemist.

John L. Armitage, 96, of Essex, CT, formerly of Madison, NJ, and Morris Plains, NJ, died peacefully on May 14, 2013.

PPG Industries marked the start-up of a new electronic materials group (EMG) manufacturing cell at its Springdale, PA, industrial coatings plant.

At its Capital Markets Day in Amsterdam on June 19, CSM presented its new company name, Corbion, and its new growth strategy for the period 2013 to 2016.