Royal Adhesives and Sealants LLC has announced the completion of its acquisition of the Hardman Adhesives and Elastomers business located in Belleville, NJ, from Elementis plc.

Specialty Coating Systems (SCS), a business unit of Cookson Electronics, has announced that their Parylene conformal coating services and raw materials (SCS Parylene dimers) are compliant with the European Union's Restriction on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS directive).

Dow has announced that it will further extend part of its polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (PMDI) operations at its LaPorte, TX, facility while the company's new, 500-million lb. PMDI facility in Freeport, TX, continues its start-up process.

Fusion UV Systems, Inc. recently announced that it has been granted U.S. patent 6,908,586 B1, "Free Radical Polymerization Method Having Reduced Premature Termination, Apparatus for Performing the Method, and Product Formed Thereby."

Gerald C. Marterer, Arizona Chemical vice president, has been named chairman and CEO of the board of directors for the Pine Chemicals Association (PCA) for 2005-2006.

Photovac, Inc., a provider of hand-held and portable instruments for the detection and measurement of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), has announced the addition of two new products to its comprehensive assortment of detection instruments.

Materia, Inc. has announced the election of former Dow Chemical vice president Robert J. Pangborn, Ph.D. to its Board of Directors.

PPG Aerospace - PRC-DeSoto has developed the aerospace industry's first lightweight multipurpose aerospace sealant that meets requirements for sealing both fuel tank and fuselage fasteners.

In a new series of web seminars hosted by Ceramic Industry magazine, John Mautner, founder and senior partner of Advanced Profit Technologies and the Cycle of Success Institute, will outline some basic steps that all companies can take to immediately begin improving their success and profitability.

Solutia Inc. has announced that its CPFilms business has completed installation and successful start-up of a new state-of-the-art metallizing production line at its manufacturing facility in Martinsville, VA.