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Jim Martin has joined Gaco Western as Area Sales Manager in the Commercial Coatings division for the Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina territory.

Evonik Degussa Corp. has introduced an all-inclusive color reference book for the industrial coatings market.

PPG Industries’ (PPG) automotive refinish business and ASE presented James Erdahl with the PPG/ASE Master Refinish Technician of the Year Award at the ASE’s annual Board of Directors Industry Awards Dinner in New Orleans on Nov. 19, 2009.

Nordson Corp. has announced the appointment of Anne M. Pombier as the company’s Director of Corporate Development.

RPM International Inc. (RPM) has reported record net income and cash flow, despite a small decline in net sales, for its fiscal 2010 second quarter ended Nov. 30, 2009.

On Jan. 1, 2010, specialty chemicals supplier Cognis opened an affiliate in Selangor, Malaysia.

BASF has sold its special effects films business, marketed by BASF under the trade name Aurora®, to RMS Packaging Inc. of Peekskill, NY.

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) a $24.8 million grant to develop and construct a facility that will convert biomass into renewable fuel.

WACKER, the Munich-based chemical company, continues to consolidate its distribution networks for VINNAPAS® and VINNOL® brand polymer dispersions to improve efficiency and to create cross-regional synergies.

Miller Paint has entered into a definitive agreement with Akzo Nobel to acquire the business operations and related assets of two ICI paints stores located in Portland, OR, and Salem, OR.