The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) has named Denise Creedon as its vice president of Institutional Advancement.

Dymax Corp., a manufacturer of advanced light-curable adhesives, coatings, and curing equipment, recently announced the appointment of Charles Smart as director of engineering in the Curing Equipment department.

Emerald Kalama Chemical has announced the completion of the pre-registration requirements of REACH legislation for the components of its Kalama^TM K-FLEX^® plasticizers.

Loctite^® Super Glue has secured a spot in the record books, earning recognition by the Guinness World Record^TM, the world authority on record-breaking achievements, for the "heaviest vehicle ever lifted with a commercially available glue."

Arion subfuscus, a species of slug, produces a defensive gel it can chemically convert into remarkably strong glue.

In a cave in ZwaZulu-Natal, scientists believe they have found the earliest examples of superglue, more than 70,000 years old.

The Supervisory Board of specialty chemicals group ALTANA AG has announced its decision to extend the appointment of Dr. Matthias L. Wolfgruber as CEO of the company ahead of schedule.

International Paint Protective Coatings has announced that expansion of its Berea, OH, manufacturing facility is now complete, bringing production of the company’s Ceilcote^® and Enviroline^® brands together under one roof.  

Victrex has installed a new high-temperature vacuum laminating press system at its manufacturing facility in Lancashire, United Kingdom.

Caraustar Industries Inc. has announced that the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia (the “Court’) granted final authorization for the company to borrow all amounts available under its $75 million debtor-in-possession credit facility (the “DIP Facility”) from General Electric Capital Corp., pursuant to the terms and conditions of the DIP Facility Agreement, and to use the amounts borrowed under the DIP Facility to fund working capital and other general corporate needs.