Professor Deborah Nightingale, PhD. of the MIT Lean Aerospace Initiative will present a keynote presentation, "Transforming the Lean Enterprise Value Stream," on Thursday, May 6, 2004, at 12:00 p.m. as part of the NEPCON East/Electro and Assembly East event.

Venture Tape Corp. has broken ground on a major new addition at its Rockland, MA, manufacturing facility and headquarters.

To meet the growing worldwide demand for high-quality hot melt adhesives, the Coatings & Colorants Business Unit of Degussa AG will increase the production capacity for VESTOPLAST, an amorphous poly-alpha-olefin (APAO).

The Grinding and Dispersion Division of NETZSCH Inc. has announced the appointment of Manutrol Inc. as its new representative for the entire Canadian market.

In order to meet the growing demands of the market, Voltek LLC has increased the capacity of its Minicel polyolefin foam production and enhanced the product's capabilities.

MarChem Corp. has announced receipt of ISO 9001:2000, the highest level registration conferred for product quality.

Bestrade Limited, a Bangkok-based supplier to the Printed Circuit Board industry, is the new Thailand distributor for Tecnilith APF Artwork Protect Film manufactured by InteliCoat Technologies.

Malvern Instruments has begun a new and extended program of free web seminars that will run throughout 2004.

Liquid Contol's design, production and distribution operations have been certified to the ISO 9001:2000 (with design) International Quality System Standard.

Plastics USA 2004, North America's Plastics Marketplace, will take place from Tuesday through Thursday, Sept. 28-30, 2004, on Level 3 of the East Building (also known as the Lakeside Center) of McCormick Place in Chicago.