CNX Distribution, a distributor of specialty chemicals and raw materials based in the southwest United States, was recently recognized by US Zinc as its number one volume stocking distributor of zinc dust in the United States for 2008.
Miller Paint Co. has elected to participate in the Smart Energy program from its natural gas supplier, NW Natural, to offset the natural gas usage at its Portland, OR, headquarters and retail outlets around the city.
Segetis Inc. has announced the appointment of Snehal Desai as Business Vice President, Cora Leibig as Director of Product and Application Development, and Steve Donen as Director of Process Engineering and Development.
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Northeastern University have developed rapid template-assisted assembly of polymer blends in the nanoscale.
Select Biosciences has announced details for this year’s Advances in Synthetic Chemistry conference. The conference will take place April 16-17, 2009, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Ciba, Basel, Switzerland, has reported that the company’s sales in local currencies were maintained at 2007 levels until late in the fourth quarter, where demand dropped sharply in many customer industries, notably plastics and coatings for the automotive and construction industries, as the economic downturn took effect.