RPM International Inc. recently announced that its
board of directors has adopted a new Stockholder Rights Plan to replace the
rights plan that was originally adopted in 1999 and will expire in May 2009.
The M.F. Cachat Co., Cleveland, has named Frances Amy technical sales representative for its Eastern Region, with responsibility for managing sales in Northern New Jersey.
Global specialty chemicals manufacturer Sartomer Co.
has joined the new Chemidex Plastics & Elastomers Cybrary®, a free online search engine specifically
for engineers.
Bayer MaterialScience AG has invested €2.3 million in
a new production line for its Baycusan® range of
waterborne polyurethane dispersions (PUD) for the cosmetics and medical
segments.
The Chemsultants International Fuel Cell Technology Group and its partner, Michigan Molecular Institute, have successfully completed research and development of a new and novel Fuel Cell Membrane technology.
The board of directors of Ciba, now a part of Basel,
Switzerland-based BASF, has appointed BASF’s Michael Heinz as the new chief executive officer of Ciba.
For the sixth consecutive year, Asymtek has won the
Circuits Assembly Service Excellence Award,
receiving the highest customer service ratings in the dispensing category for
electronics assembly equipment suppliers.
Henkel, Düsseldorf, Germany, has announced that it will donate up to 20 cents to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation® (BCRF) for specially marked Duck® brand products (with a maximum donation of $25,000) beginning Oct. 1, 2009.