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Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), a division of the J.M. Huber Corp., announced plans to expand silica production capacity at its manufacturing facility in Jhagadia, India.

PRA is offering several training courses in November and December of this year.

PPG Industries has reported second-quarter sales of $3.5 billion, an increase of 11 percent versus the prior year’s second quarter. Second-quarter reported net income was $272 million, or $1.63 per share.

The Western Coatings Technology Center (WCTC) at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) is one step closer to reality, as ground was broken on a new $2.5 million facility.

Anthony Murphy has been appointed Commercial Director and General Manager Flint Group Packaging and Narrow Web, Middle East.

Richard Keeler has joined Hall Technologies Inc. as a Technical Sales Representative.

Cytec Industries Inc. has announced net earnings for the second quarter 2010 of $61.8 million or $1.24 per diluted share on net sales of $874 million. Included in the quarter is a special item charge of $3.1 million of net expense after-tax, or $0.06 per diluted share. Excluding this special item, net earnings were $64.8 million or $1.31 per diluted share.

PPG Industries has announced several executive assignments, effective Aug. 1, 2010.

A Dutch scientist responsible for several major advances in polymer and organic chemistry has won the 2010 AkzoNobel Science Award.

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT) has announced that Sigma-Aldrich® Materials Science is expanding its offering of SWeNT® Nanotubes.