Tyco International recently appointed communications vice presidents for two of its core business segments.

RadTech International has announced a Call for Papers for e|5: UV & EB Technology Expo & Conference, April 24-26, 2006, at Lakeside Center at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.

Specialty Coatings Systems (SCS) has announced the recent opeing of SCS Shanghai, a full-service Parylene conformal coating facility in China.

Greif, Inc. has announced the promotion of Mike Patton to senior vice president - Transformation Worldwide.

Dhuanne Dodrill has been named president and COO of Rollprint Packaging Products, Inc.

RadTech International has announced the dates and program for a new event: uv.eb WEST 2005, a two-day conference and table top exhibition, February 10-11, 2005, at the Renaissance Hotel LAX in Los Angeles.

Bayer MaterialScience LLC has announced that it will close its underutilized Desmodur CB aromatic polyisocyanate production facility in New Martinsville, WV, by the end of the first quarter of 2005.

While expansion into Asia is not unusual in the world of electronics manufacturing, the opening of an office in Shanghai and the strengthening of its Shenzhen operations says much about the progress diplan has made in a short time.

Sovereign Specialty Chemicals has announced its operating results for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2004.

Dyneon LLC and Meilan Group, a Jiangsu, China-based company and one of China's leading fluorochemical producers, have reached an agreement to establish a Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) manufacturing relationship in China to provide PTFE products for both Meilan and Dyneon.