H.B. FULLER CLOSES ON SALE OF AUTOMOTIVE JOINT VENTUREH.B. Fuller Co. recently announced the sale of its entire stake in its automotive joint venture to the principal joint venture partner,

3M ACQUIRES VENTURE TAPEVenture Tape Corp., Rockland, MA, has been acquired by 3M Corp., manufacturer of Scotch® Tape and Post-it® notes with sales of $22.9 billion in 2006. The sale

ASME ANNOUNCES PRESIDENT FOR 2008-2009Thomas M. Barlow, formerly of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been named president-elect of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), New York, NY. Barlow will

ARCHWAY SALES INC. ACQUIRES DEEKS & CO.Archway Sales Inc., St. Louis, has announced the acquisition of Cincinnati-based Deeks & Co. Deeks & Co. is a specialty chemical distributor that was

BASF APPOINTS BHATIA INDUSTRY MANAGER FOR EPOXY AND POLYUREA INTERMEDIATES IN NORTH AMERICABASF has appointed Jay Bhatia as industry manager for epoxy and polyurea in the company’s Intermediates business in

ADM FORMS INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS GROUPArcher Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has formed an industrial chemicals group with a focus on dramatically increasing its presence in industrial markets. This business will leverage

ASHLAND SPONSORS FIRST AWARD FOR GREEN TECHNOLOGY IN COMPOSITESRecognizing the importance of sustainability in composites technology, Ashland Composite Polymers, a business group of Ashland Performance Materials, a division of Ashland

INEMI OPENS OFFICE IN SHANGHAIThe International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI), an industry-led consortium, has announced the opening of a representative office in China, located in Pudong, Shanghai. In addition, iNEMI

ADCO PRODUCTS INC. NAMES FROMMER PRESIDENTGlenn Frommer has joined ADCO Products Inc. as president. In this role, Frommer will have responsibility for all U.S. activities, including driving top-line and profit

FLUID RESEARCH ADDS NEW MARKETING MANAGERFluid Research, a leading innovator and manufacturer of precision dispensing equipment, has announced the addition of Jeffrey McConnell as marketing manager. McConnell has extensive experience