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Tikkurila, which is responsible for Kemira's paints and coatings business, has opened a new logistics and customer service center near Moscow.

Nice, France, will become the premier meeting place for the major users of radiation curing materials, equipment and products, hosting this year’s RadTech Europe Conference & Exhibition. The conference will take place October 14 and 15, 2009.

Atlas Material Testing Technology is introducing the latest technology for ultra-accelerated exposure testing.

Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel) has announced its results for the first quarter of 2009.

Univar Chairman and CEO Gary Pruitt has decided to retire as Chief Executive Officer. He will remain with Univar as Chairman of the Board following the transition to a new CEO.

Myers Engineering, Inc. has hired two new representatives to sell its line of dispersing equipment in Chile and Mexico.

Elcometer has opened its latest office in the Netherlands, Elcometer NL.

Kevin Holland has joined NSL Analytical as Chief Metallurgist.

Applied Chemical Laboratories Inc. has announced that one of the country’s largest powder-coating firms has selected Green Piranha 707 as a cost-effective and environmentally sound solution for stripping a wide range of industrial coatings.

ASTM International has introduced two new standards. ASTM D7490 uses contact angel measurements to determine the wettability of coatings. ASTM D7233 allows for more effective quality testing of the synthetic, hollow filaments that are often used in the manufacture of lower-cost paintbrushes.