Electronics industry members have nominated and elected Brian Toleno, Ph.D., of Henkel to the Surface Mount Technology Association’s (SMTA) Board of Directors.

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its global Ink & Adhesive Resins (IAR) business to Harima Chemicals Inc.

The Dow Chemical Co. has increased its monopropylene glycol (MPG) capacity by 15%, an additional 35 kilotons per year (KTA).

BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, and INEOS Industries Holdings Ltd., Lyndhurst, UK, have announced their intention to combine their global business activities in several copolymers and copolymer blends into a new joint venture called Styrolution.

A biodegradable adhesive may be better than surgery or laser treatment for varicose veins. A medical device company in Santa Rosa, Calif., is developing a method that would deliver the

The expansion increases Benzoflex capacity by 11,000 metric tons at the site.

The project, which will increase capacity at the plant by 10% and strengthen supply reliability, is expected to be complete in mid-2011.

Greg Wood has been appointed to the new executive-level position of vice president, Advanced Technology Systems, Asia.

World demand for emulsion polymers is forecast to rise 5.2% per year to 12.8 million metric tons in 2014, according to a new Freedonia Group study.

Arsenal Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, has announced the acquisition of Royal Adhesives & Sealants LLC from Quad-C Management Inc.