TAPPI's 2002 PLACE Conference will be held September 8-12, 2002, in Boston.

Rohm and Haas Co. is investing approximately US $20 million to build a facility in Mumbai, India.

Nordson Corp. is supporting the College of Architecture of the Georgia Institute of Technology and its Advanced Wood Products Laboratory (AWPL).

The Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East Exposition and Conference will be held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, June 3-6, 2002.

The Second International Symposium on Adhesives: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications will be held December 11-13, 2002, at the Grosvenor Resort Hotel in Orlando, Fla.

Attendees at the 2002 TAPPI Hot Melt Symposium will have the opportunity to learn about the latest technological developments in the hot melt industry and get their questions answered by industry experts.

Together with Pagendarm BTT GmbH, BASF is building a technical center facility for aqueous pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) that is designed to operate at a maximum speed of 1,500 meters per minute.

The Adhesive and Sealant Council, Inc. (ASC) will hold its 2002 Summer Leadership Conference (SLC) June 23-26, 2002, at the Ocean Edge Resort and Golf Club in Cape Cod, Mass.

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A two-day Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (PSA) short course is scheduled in conjunction with the Adhesive and Sealant Council's (ASC's) International Convention in Los Angeles, April 14-15, 2002.