The ASC's 2002 Summer Leadership Conference will be held at the Ocean's Edge Resort and Golf Club in Cape Cod, Mass., June 23-26, 2002.

The Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC) has announced the program for its 25th technical seminar -- 25 Years of Tape Innovations -- to be held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta on May 1-3, 2002.

Join international peers, customers, manufacturers, end users and industry leaders at the 2002 ASC International Convention and Exposition, April 14-17, 2002, in Los Angeles.

The Henkel Group has successfully completed the sale and transfer of ownership of its independent chemicals business, Cognis.

Industry happenings to watch for.

Elementis plc has sold Harcros Chemicals, the Group's U.S. chemical-distribution business headquartered in Kansas City, Kan., for approximately L23.0 million ($33 million U.S).

Eastman Chemical Co. announced that it has delayed the planned spin-off of its specialty chemicals and plastics business due to adverse market conditions and the lack of near-term visibility.

Reichhold, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc. (DIC), is negotiating to sell its Swift Adhesives business to Forbo Holding A.G.

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, now offers its monthly e-Filter Newsletter, at www.inda.org.

Rohm and Haas Co. announced the acquisition of the flexible-packaging adhesives business of Technical Coatings Co., a subsidiary of Benjamin Moore & Co., N.J. The transaction price was not disclosed.