Nylok Corp. has expanded it sales capabilities with the naming of Frank Faiola and Associates as Manufacturers Representatives in Northern California for OEM, it was announced by Nilo Urbani, Jr., vice president, Sales and Marketing.

Evan W. Nord, who founded Nordson Corp. with his brother and father in 1954, passed away on June 21.

Scholle Corp. has opened a sales office in Weinheim, Germany, that will sell bag-in-box packaging to markets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

AMETEK Inc. has named Harold Preben Caroe vice president and general manager of the Test and Calibration Instruments Division (TC&I).

American Roller Co., Union Grove, WI, has acquired Plasma Coatings, Inc., a manufacturer of thermal and release coatings.

Dow Emulsion Polymers has named Todd Crook to the role of senior marketing manager for its North American Carpet business.

BYK-Chemie, a leading supplier of additives on the Brazilian market, has again won "Best Additive Supplier in Brazil" honors as awarded by the jury of the trade journal Paint & Pintura.

IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries has announced that Burt Rutan, founder/CEO of Scaled Composites and designer of SpaceShipOne - the first privately funded rocket ship to carry a human into space - will be the final keynote speaker at its co-located IPC SMEMA Council's APEX/IPC Printed Circuits Expo/IPC Designers Summit exhibition, to take place Feb 22-24, 2005, in Anaheim, CA.

Fusion UV Systems Inc. has announced the promotion of Jim Elliott to vice president, Operations.

Underwriters Laboratories Inc. has approved North Sea Resins' (NSR) NSR150 and NSR250 products per ANSI/NSF Standard 61, Drinking Water Systems Components - Health Effects.