Effective Jan. 1, 1999, the Bayer Group has consolidated all activities related to coatings in a reorganization of the LS Business Group.

Adhesives ’99, sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), will be held Sept. 21-23, 1999.

RHEOX appointed Falcon Chemical as a new distribution representative.

Dow Chemical is working on construction of its new liquid epoxy resin and world-scale epichlorohydrin production-facility expansions.

The Freedonia Group predicts that demand for radiation-cured products in the United States will increase more than 10% per year to 200 million pounds in the year 2003.

Sartomer has received the Supplier of the Year Award from Walsh & Associates, St. Louis, a distributor of chemicals, containers and equipment.

National Starch and Chemical has won CSX Transportation Inc.’s 1998 Safety Excellence Award for the second year in a row.

ASTM Committee D-14 on Adhesives is meeting October 25-27, 1999, New Orleans.

Reichhold has formed a business-development team to promote the sales of its polyol products.

National Starch and Chemical Co. was honored with an Outstanding Project Award from the Metro Indianapolis Coalition for Construction Safety (MICCS).