Papers are invited for a Symposium on Advances in Adhesives, Adhesion Science, and Testing, sponsored by ASTM Committee D14 on Adhesives.

The Adhesive and Sealant Council's Education Foundation announced the return of its "Fundamentals of Adhesion Short Course."

ADCO Products Inc. has hired Tom Welch as senior automotive account manager.

To meet the needs of member companies and others that will be affected by the Paper & Other Web Coating Maximum Achievable Control Technology Rule, the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council has developed the one-day EPA P&OWC MACT Rule Training Program seminar.

Chemir announces the acquisition of Guidelines Integrated Services, Miramar, FL, expanding Chemir's pharmaceutical contract research and development organization to now include three locations and approximately 100 employees.

Advanced Chemistry & Technology (AC TECH) announced that its new low density, fast cure fuselage sealant, AC-770 Class B2, is now fully qualified to Boeing Commercial Airplane Group's BMS 5-142 Type II, Class B2 specification.

Adhesives Research Inc. began construction on a new state-of-the-art plant at its corporate headquarters in Glen Rock, PA.

Dow Automotive has announced the appointment of Jane Palmieri as vice president, Plastics and Fluids.

Akzo Nobel will form a new unit, Ink & Adhesive Resins, by merging the businesses Printing Ink Resins and Pine Specialties, with a combined total of 550 employees.

The BroadBeam line of electron beam processors is available as a result of the acquisition of this technology by PCT Product & Manufacturing LLC from Bemis Clysar, Inc.