DEK, a leading high-accuracy, mass-imaging solutions provider, has announced a new distribution agreement that will enhance service and support for its Irish customers.

IPC- Association Connecting Electronics Industries has announced its technical conference and professional development courses to be held Oct. 24-28 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, MN.

CODACO has announced that Johnson Polymer, LLC of Sturtevant, WI, has made a strategic capital investment in the company.

Anyone interested in gaining deeper insight into the methods required to achieve improved batch-to-batch uniformity or dispersion stability should attend Hahn & Holman Technical Seminars' two-day seminar "Consistent Mixing and Dispersing: The Theory and Technology of Incorporating Powders into Liquids," to be held Dec. 8-9, 2004 in Orlando.

Venture Tape has introduced a novel inventory management and shipping program designed to help customers reduce their inventory levels.

Acme-Hardesty Co. has named Bryan A. Huston of Langhorne, PA, to the position of vice president of Sales & Marketing.

For the first time, a leading standards development organization based in the U.S. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the national standards body of China.

Henkel Corp., a U.S. affiliate of Henkel KGaA, Düsseldorf, Germany, has agreed to acquire Chicago-based Sovereign Specialty Chemicals Inc.

The Board of Directors of KRATON Polymers recently appointed one of its members to the position of CEO.

CARON has announced its recent partnership with Manheim, Germany-based Buddeberg, a specialist in laboratory automation and process technology.