The division will comprise all Dow plastics and will include the Packaging and Converting Unit that is currently part of the Advanced Materials Division.

Bogard Lagman, formerly executive vice president of Charles Ross & Son Co., has been appointed regional sales manager for Asian and Middle Eastern countries.

DEK recently announced the appointment of Miguel Villegas as Quality Assurance engineer.

BASF recently announced it has appointed Ribelin Sales Inc. as a southeast and Gulf Coast U.S. distributor for polyurethane chemicals to the CASE market.

The Industry Products and Automotive Division of Sika Corp. has announced new personnel appointments in the Transportation A&C and Automotive Business Units.

Mapei Group recently announced it has completed the acquisition of all activities regarding adhesives and products for the building industry carried out by Henkel in South Korea under the Ceresit and Thomsit trademarks.

This new facility will provide technical support to coatings customers in the region.

Bookbinding expert Tony Clark is still amazed at the demand for his helpful volume, "Book Binding with Adhesives." Although it was originally published in Britain in 1995, the book is

The one-day course will provide attendees with technical training for users to get the maximum value out of their CT3 texture analyzer.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $5.5 million to three consortia to support innovative research on nanotechnology.