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The Valspar Corp. has entered into an agreement with B&Q, an operating company of Kingfisher plc, the world’s third-largest DIY retail conglomerate, to supply a full selection of premium Valspar paint to all 350 of its locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Hockmeyer, Elizabeth City, NC, has added The NP Group as a distribution partner in the southwest United States.

OMNOVA Solutions, a specialty chemicals provider headquartered in Fairlawn, OH, has appointed Dowd & Guild Inc., San Ramon, CA, as the distributor for its West Coast and Southern territories for the paint and coatings, floor care, fluoropolymers, graphic arts, nonwovens, personal care, tapes, and adhesives markets.

Resinate Materials Group Inc., a provider of resins and technology for the coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers industries, has released starting formulation data for the company’s R-162 resin product line.

INVISTA’s Specialty Materials business expanded its footprint by 20 percent at the company’s 60,000-square-foot Applied Research Centre in Newark, DE.

BYK Additives & Instruments has won in the Raw Materials category of the CCE-JEC Innovation Awards, presented at the China Composite Expo in Shanghai.

WITec, Ulm, Germany, has appointed Advanced Technological Solutions Ltd. (ATSL), Kiryat Ata, Israel, as its exclusive distributor in Israel.

As of December 1, 2012, OMG Americas Advanced Organics Division has expanded EMCO Chemical Distributors Inc.’s region

Jeff Alexander, of Flint Group, is a 2012 inductee to the Label Printing Industries of America (LPIA) Hall of Fame.

Hockmeyer, Elizabeth City, NC, has hired Jim Cunningham to be the newest member of the company’s sales team.