The global market for hot-melt adhesives is projected to reach $4.65 billion by the year 2017, spurred by growth in end-use industries such as infrastructure and construction.

Henkel recently announced that its third quarter sales increased 1.7% compared with the prior-year quarter to €4,028 million (~ $5,469 million).

A new one-day workshop, Sample Preparation and Evaluation, will be launched in 2012 at the Atlas offices in Linsengericht Germany.

Papers are sought for the 12th Internatio​nal Conference on Biocomposi​tes, which will take place May 6-8, 2012, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

TricorBraun has relocated its Latin American headquarters and Mexico City office to larger quarters.

The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) recently called on a group of Chinese solar cell and panel importers to explain how what CASM contends is an unprecedented surge of dumped and subsidized exports made according to weak environmental standards and shipped halfway around the world could possibly benefit U.S. consumers or the environment, as the importers claimed this week.

The global surgical incision closures market is expected to exceed $9 billion by 2017, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts Inc.

Celanese Corp. recently announced an agreement to acquire certain assets from Ashland Inc., including two product lines (Vinac® and Flexbond®) that will reportedly support the strategic growth of the Celanese Emulsion Polymers business.

The Brazilian composite materials industry recently reported third quarter revenue of $407 million, an increase of 1.4% compared to the previous quarter and an increase of 9.8% over the same period last year.

PPG Industries recently announced that its glass and coatings were used in the headquarters building of Bioconstrucciόn y Energìa Alternativa, Monterrey, Mexico.