Effective Jan. 1 or as otherwise allowed by contract, the Dow Chemical Company has raised the selling prices of many of its solvents and organic intermediates.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has selected PACK EXPO International 2004 to participate in its International Buyer Program.

Charles Ross and Son Company has announced the recent opening of a second Chinese manufacturing plant located in Wuxi City, about 70 miles from Shanghai.

Effective Feb. 2 or as contracts allow, the Synthetics Polymers group of Forbo Adhesives, LLC will increase prices for its vinyl acetate homopolymer and copolymer product lines by $0.02 per wet pound.

As 2003 came to a close, Lintech International was presented two prestigious honors by its vendors.

Karl Pfluke has been promoted to the position of Market Development Specialist at Indium Corp. of America.

Air Products Polymers, L.P. has announced that, effective Feb. 2, it will implement a $0.02 per wet pound price increase for vinyl acetate homopolymer and copolymer emulsions, and all ethylene, vinyl chloride-based emulsions.

Daniel W. Mottram has been appointed president of TAH Industries Inc., effective Jan. 1.

Quanex Corp. has announced the Dec. 31, 2003 closing of the stock purchase of TruSeal Technologies Inc. from Kirtland Capital Partners for $113 million in cash.

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, formerly Norton Performance Plastics, has added Michael Rhoads to its southeastern U.S. sales team.