Millennium Chemicals announced that it will not exercise its right to purchase Occidental's interest in Equistar on a ratable basis.

Co-locating with Assembly Technology Expo is an Adhesives Forum, co-sponsored by the Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).

The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., and Mobius Technologies, Grass Valley, Calif., have completed the installation of a proprietary polyurethane-recycling system at Dow's Technical Development Center in Meyrin, Switzerland.

Assembly Technology Expo, the world's largest "all-assembly" trade event, will feature two free keynote addresses by senior-operations executives from General Motors and the Ford Motor Co.

The Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC) has issued a call for papers for Tech XXVI, which will be held in May 2003, in Washington. Proposals for presentations should be sent to PSTC on or before August 1, 2002.

Ultra Additives, a supplier of foam-control agents, is marking its 50th year of operation in 2002.

knovel Corp. offers the seven-volume Dictionary of Substances and Their Effects (DOSE: second electronic edition, edited by S. Gangolli) on its Web site, www.knovel.com.

The Adhesive & Sealant Council's (ASC) 2002 Fall Convention and Exposition will be held October 13 - 16, 2002, at the Hilton Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

In response to the increasing demand for adhesive technologies within manufacturing and converting applications for products, Tyco Adhesives has established the Custom Design Resource Group within its Custom Coating Division as the forum managing this business.

DSM Desotech Inc. announced the startup of operations at a new production facility for UV-cure coating materials and other specialty products in Stanley, N.C.