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Gulf Coast Chemical was presented with the Hexion Outstanding Distributor Award for 2015 at a plant tour in Lakeland, FL on May 17, 2016.

APV Engineered Coatings is adding to its staff of coating chemistry professionals with the hire of Lon Bauer as Product Development Manager.

The distinguished career of 95-year-old Abe Samuels finally concludes when his employer of 40 years, Chicago-based Labelmaster, hosts a retirement celebration May 26.

Flint Group announced the acquisition of American Inks and Coatings (AIC) based in Pine Bluff, AR.

ASTM International has published the 5^th Edition of “ASTM Standards on Materials and Environmental Microbiology.”

Members of the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) went to Capitol Hill on May 17 to encourage Congress to reform the regulatory process and provide chemical distributors and other U.S. businesses the regulatory certainty needed to continue as economic engines and job creators.

AkzoNobel has completed phase one of the €2.5 million expansion of its performance coatings plant in Cikarang, Indonesia.

RPM International Inc. announced that its Carboline Co. subsidiary acquired the remaining 51 percent interest in its Chinese joint venture, Carboline Dalian Paint Production Co. Ltd. (Carboline Dalian), bringing its total ownership to 100 percent.

Ferro, Mayfield Heights, OH, and Omya have extended their current distribution partnership in Austria and Switzerland for pigments used in coatings, construction, plastics, cosmetics and other industrial markets.

The Chemours Co. has begun the commercial startup of its new titanium dioxide (TiO₂) line at its Altamira plant in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.