Ciba Specialty Chemicals and Morgan Grenfell Private Equity (MGPE) have signed a contract under which MGPE will buy Ciba’s Performance Polymers division.

A rule proposing exclusion of tertiary butyl acetate (TBAc™) from the definition of a volatile organic compound (VOC) has been published in the Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The Second International Symposium on Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion has issued a call for papers.

Loos & Dilworth has been appointed distributor for the Elf Atochem line of chlorotoluene and bromine derivatives.

The Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (API) has issued a call for posters for its Polyurethanes Conference 2000.

OMNOVA Solutions has begun regular-way trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OMN.

A Federal jury in Philadelphia has ordered Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. (3M) to pay $68.4 million in damages to LePage’s.

NeoResins has launched its new company logo.

Maag Pump Systems Textron plans to move its U.S. operations from Matthews to Charlotte, N.C.

Richard A. Miller has joined Adhesives & Sealants Industry magazine’s editorial advisory board.