The SMTA International Technical Committee has requested abstract submissions for the 2005 SMTA International conference, to be held Sept. 25-29 at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL.

Eastman Chemical Company has announced that Qilu Eastman Specialty Chemical Ltd. (QESCL) has begun operations in Zibo, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.

On November 18, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency removed ethylene glycol butyl ether (EGBE, or 2-butoxyethanol CAS# 111-76-2) from the Clean Air Act (CAA) List of Hazardous Air Pollutants.

Tyco International recently appointed communications vice presidents for two of its core business segments.

RadTech International has announced a Call for Papers for e|5: UV & EB Technology Expo & Conference, April 24-26, 2006, at Lakeside Center at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.

Specialty Coatings Systems (SCS) has announced the recent opeing of SCS Shanghai, a full-service Parylene conformal coating facility in China.

Greif, Inc. has announced the promotion of Mike Patton to senior vice president - Transformation Worldwide.

Dhuanne Dodrill has been named president and COO of Rollprint Packaging Products, Inc.

RadTech International has announced the dates and program for a new event: uv.eb WEST 2005, a two-day conference and table top exhibition, February 10-11, 2005, at the Renaissance Hotel LAX in Los Angeles.

Bayer MaterialScience LLC has announced that it will close its underutilized Desmodur CB aromatic polyisocyanate production facility in New Martinsville, WV, by the end of the first quarter of 2005.