The Construction Users Roundtable (CURT), formerly the construction arm of the Business Roundtable, has honored Rohm and Haas Co. with its 2003 Construction Industry Safety Excellence (CISE) Award for safety excellence on an international project.

Dead Sea Bromine Group of ICL Industrial Products has announced price increases in list and off-list prices for all grades of hydrobromic acid and sodium bromide.

Adhesives Research Inc. has announced the promotion of Bonnie Hawkins-Richter to national sales manager for the Splicing Business Unit, effective December 1, 2003.

The Labelexpo Latin American Summit will take place at the María Isabel Sheraton, Mexico City, on June 8-9, 2004.

Essemtec has appointed Steve Pollock as responsible sales manager for the US market. Based in Glassboro, N.J., Pollock's experience with SMT processes allows for professional customer support.

Universal Instruments Corp. has announced the addition of Aegis Industrial Software to the Universal third party software program.

IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries* has announced that Manufacturers' Services Limited (MSL) will hold three on-site training sessions in 2004 as part of IPC's Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Program Manager Certification Program.

Netzsch Inc. has announced the appointment of Vessco Inc. as a representative for Netzsch Filtration Systems serving the states of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

The Coatings & Colorants Business Unit of Degussa AG has announced plans to build a colorants plant and a manufacturing facility for the production of coating polyesters at the Shanghai site of Degussa Chemicals (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.

Jack Hunter, formerly of Bayer Chemicals and Polymers, has joined Plas-Pak Industries and will direct its newly patented Ratio-Pak HSS (High Solids Spray) Technology and Business.