Emerald Specialty Polymers LLC has announced the rebranding of its Reactive Liquid Polymer (RLP) and Specialty Emulsion product lines, formerly sold under the Hycar® brand name. These product lines will

The ChemQuest Group Inc. and The Adhesive and Sealant Council, Inc. (ASC) have announced the development of a web-based “Selector Tool” designed to help simplify the selection of adhesive and

Edward T. Ostrowski, P.E., an engineer at Fluor Enterprises, Greenville, SC, will begin a term as chair of the ASME Committee on Ethical Standards and Review (CESR) in June. The

Air Products has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its interest in its vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) polymers joint ventures to Wacker Chemie AG, its long-time

DOW BIOCIDES NAMES LITTEL MATERIAL PROTECTION GLOBAL MARKET MANAGERKenneth Littel was recently named global marketing manager of Material Protection for Dow Biocides, a business group of The Dow Chemical Co.

H.B. FULLER CLOSES ON SALE OF AUTOMOTIVE JOINT VENTUREH.B. Fuller Co. recently announced the sale of its entire stake in its automotive joint venture to the principal joint venture partner,

3M ACQUIRES VENTURE TAPEVenture Tape Corp., Rockland, MA, has been acquired by 3M Corp., manufacturer of Scotch® Tape and Post-it® notes with sales of $22.9 billion in 2006. The sale

ASME ANNOUNCES PRESIDENT FOR 2008-2009Thomas M. Barlow, formerly of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been named president-elect of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), New York, NY. Barlow will

ARCHWAY SALES INC. ACQUIRES DEEKS & CO.Archway Sales Inc., St. Louis, has announced the acquisition of Cincinnati-based Deeks & Co. Deeks & Co. is a specialty chemical distributor that was

BASF APPOINTS BHATIA INDUSTRY MANAGER FOR EPOXY AND POLYUREA INTERMEDIATES IN NORTH AMERICABASF has appointed Jay Bhatia as industry manager for epoxy and polyurea in the company’s Intermediates business in