Pilot Chemical Co. has hired a Director of Technology to oversee product development processes and protocols from Pilot's new technology center.

ROSS announced the completion of a major expansion of its facility in Nantong, China.

ATL Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corp. (BCI) have acquired Valence Surface Technologies LLC.

Fresh off the completion of an upgrade of its Pasadena, Texas, plant, MFG Chemical announced another significant investment to upgrade safety and efficiency of production operations at all three of its Dalton, Georgia, manufacturing plants.

The global chemical company Oxea has decided to further expand its production capacities for TCD alcohol to meet market demand.

AkzoNobel announced plans to add three new production lines at its Changzhou powder coatings plant in China – the company's largest facility of its kind in the world.

SI Group announced an agreement to sell the majority of its global industrial resin businesses and its Brazilian specialty business to ASK Chemicals, a portfolio company of private equity firm Rhône Group LLC.

Greif announced that its steel drum plant in Cologne, Germany, has successfully completed the Together for Sustainability audit with a score of 98%.

BASF is supporting 2018 SkillsUSA winner Dylan Wertz who will represent the United States at the 2019 WorldSkills competition in Kazan, Russia.

HMG Paints Ltd. has launched the company's first-ever e-commerce store.