Guayule, a type of desert shrub, is featured as the crop of the week in one Arizona newspaper. It can be used to make biodegradable, nontoxic adhesives and other specialty

BASF recently received the 2010 Center for the Polyurethanes Industry’s (CPI) Innovation Award for its FilterPave® porous pavement system at the center’s 2010 technical conference.

Univar Inc. and Basic Chemical Solutions LLC (BCS) have signed a definitive agreement for Univar to acquire BCS.

Kevin Smith has been hired as National Sales director for MAPEI’s CRS business unit.

The Thermoset Resin Formulators Association (TRFA) presented its first Excellence in Thermoset Polymer Research Award to Krishna C. Etika of Texas A&M University.

Physicists were astonished by their unusual discovery a couple years ago: pulling back Scotch tape emits X-rays! Researchers are still trying to determine all the implications of this phenomenon, but

According to “Adhesives and Sealants/Joining and Fastening” from BCC Research, the global market for adhesives and sealants is worth an estimated $41 billion in 2010.

Inc. magazine has named DYMAX Corp. as one of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.

The companies–located in the U.S., India and Switzerland–were approved by SOCMA’s Board of Governors.

Kraef has served in a variety of roles during his nearly 20-year career at Dow, mainly in business and commercial leadership.