Avery Dennison recently announced the death of Charles D. Miller, who served as chairman and chief executive officer from 1977 to 1998.

Royal Adhesives & Sealants, a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners, and Vertis Communications recently announced that Royal will acquire substantially all of the assets of Vertis’ indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Webcraft Chemicals, which operates under the name Craig Adhesives & Coatings.

The global distributed energy generation market was worth $64 billion in 2010 and is expected to be valued at more than $140.7 billion in 2015, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.1%.

The EPIA is the world’s largest industry association devoted to the solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity market.

Nordson ASYMTEK recently announced it has received the 2011 Global Technology Award in the category of LED Production Equipment for its Spectrum™ S-922 LED jetting system for dispensing silicone.

Fusion UV Systems Inc. recently announced that Mark Tilley, Ph.D., will become its vice president for Business Development.

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Ken Cooley, Ph.D., has been named chief operations officer, with the title of vice president and COO.

Panasonic Energy Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., to be set up in December, will operate a vertically integrated solar manufacturing facility producing wafers, cells and modules.

Kuraray America Inc. recently announced the approval of a project to increase its EVAL™ (ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer resin) production capacity by more than 17 million lbs (8,000 tons) per year at a cost of $49 million.