Tyco Adhesives LP, a Tyco International Ltd. company, has acquired the packaging, label protection and masking tape business lines of R2 Tape, Inc.

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Rohm and Haas, Inc., has announced the appointment of H.M. Royal, Inc., Trenton, N.J., as national distributor for Thixon rubber-to-metal adhesives.

Hercules Inc. has announced that its board of directors has named William H. Joyce chairman of the board and chief executive officer.

The UCLA Extension Department of Engineering, Information Systems and Technical Management offers two programs to help managers learn valuable business skills.

Neville Chemical has named the C.L. Zimmerman Co. full-service distributor of the company’s product line in Southern Ohio.

Gilbert B. Chapman II, senior manager, Advanced Materials, Liberty and Technical Affairs, DaimlerChrysler Corp., Rochester Hills, Mich., will present the keynote address at the Adhesives for Product Assembly Symposium, June 18-19, 2001, in Troy, Mich.

Rohm and Haas has announced that it has embarked on an effort to streamline its organizational structure, work processes, manufacturing and non-manufacturing resources in order to enhance its financial performance.

Eastman Chemical has announced that through its subsidiaries it has completed the asset acquisition of the hydrocarbon resins and select portions of the rosins resins business from Hercules Inc.

Saiden Technologies, announces the opening of its new state-of-the-art polymerization plant in Sanford, N.C.