Emerald Polymer Additives, a division of Emerald Performance Materials, has named William Broadhurst General Manager of its polymer additives and nitrile latex product lines.
Evonik Industries has awarded WorleyParsons a contract for the detail engineering, procurement support and construction management on the building of world-scale plants for the production of isophorone and isophorone diamine.
The UK-based Long Term Development Group of Becker Industrial Coatings has become one of the first laboratories in the world to gain ISO 17025 (General Requirements for the Competence of Calibration and Testing Laboratories) accreditation for the testing of solar reflectance and other thermal properties of coatings and painted surfaces according to the ASTM Methods E 903, C 1371 and E 1980.
NSL Analytical Services Inc., Cleveland, announced that its Chemistry Division has been re-certified as a materials testing laboratory by Nadcap, a worldwide cooperative program that designates a reliable supply base for the global aerospace industry.
As previously announced, the GEA Group has acquired Nu-Con Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand, a global supplier of powder handling components, complete powder handling systems and bulk filling lines.