The Henkel Group has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Huawei Electronics Co. Ltd., Lianyungang, in the Chinese province of Yiangsu.

DistriPakUSA™ - a new trade show dedicated to the industrial, shipping room supplies and foodservice packaging distribution channel that will launch Oct. 4-7, 2006 at Chicago's McCormick Place - has announced two new endorsements.

Week of 12/05/05

Arkema has announced the successful commission of a new high-content ethylene-vinyl acetate (HC EVA) copolymer production unit at its Balan Facility in Ain, France.

Week of 11/28/05

Dow Automotive and Volkswagen recently received an Innovation Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers International (SPE) in the Process/Assembly/Enabling Technologies category for the bonded hybrid front-end carrier, which recently went into series production in Europe on the new Polo.

RadTech - The Association for ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) technology was recently recognized for "Excellence in Advancement of Air Pollution Technology" at the 17th Annual Clean Air Awards by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) in Los Angeles.

(Week of 11/21/05)

Week of 11/14/2005

GE Advanced Materials, Silicones has announced the acquisition of a group of high-quality silylated polyurethane resins from Witton Chemicals Ltd.