As the world’s largest producer of benzoate plasticizers, Velsicol will play an active role in the 2000 World Adhesives Conference.

Long-time adhesives industry manager John Rizzo, Johnson Polymer, passed away on January 21, 2000.

Cognis has announced that it is consolidating the manufacture of its Coatings and Inks Division products.

Leading elastomers-industry suppliers including Bayer, CK Witco Corp., DSM Elastomers, DuPont Dow Elastomers L.L.C., Flexsys, M.A. Hanna Rubber Compounding, and Zeon Chemicals L.P., have signed a letter of intent to create www.ElastomerSolutions.com.

Azalea Color has been appointed as Cytec Polymer Additives’ distributor.

James Randall, chief executive officer of Environmental Processing Systems, Inc. (EPS), announced the formation of a new division.

Wacker Silicones has appointed Seegott as its national distributor.

Adhesives 2000 will be held September 27-28, 2000.

A new UK Society for Adhesion and Adhesives (SAA) has been formed.

Wood Adhesives 2000 will be held June 22-23, 2000.