Effective Jan. 1, 1999, the Bayer Group has consolidated all activities related to coatings in a reorganization of the LS Business Group.

Avecia Specialties has been announced as the new name for the former Zeneca Specialties business following completion of the $2.1 billion buyout from AstraZeneca.

The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) hardware-based weathering Standards G 23, G 26 and G 53 are slated to be withdrawn by December 2000 and should be replaced with improved, performance-based Standards G 151 through G 155.

Essex Specialty Products announced that its Hillsdale, Mich., manufacturing facility has been awarded the Chrysler Gold Pentastar for the second consecutive year.

Sartomer Co., Exton, Pa., has been named a finalist in the Chemical Educational Foundation’s 1999 Chemical Product Stewardship Awards Program.

Performance Silicones is a spinoff corporation of Precision Silicones.

National Starch and Chemical and Schenectady International have agreed in principle to form an alliance to develop, manufacture and sell acrylic pressure sensitive adhesives.

Crompton & Knowles and Witco announced that their boards of directors have approved a definitive agreement for a tax-free, stock-for-stock merger of equals.

The Adhesion Society has issued a call for papers for its 23rd Annual Meeting to be held February 20-23, 2000.

Superior Materials was awarded the outstanding Silica Distributor Performance Award for excellence in sales and service from Degussa Corp.