ND Industries has announced that it has been named by Ford Motor Company as a PREFERRED SUPPLIER for fastener thread adhesives services to suppliers of Ford.

DEK has signed an exclusive OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) partner agreement with Stork Veco, Europe's leading manufacturer of electroform stencils.

The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) has announced that its Spring 2005 Convention and Exposition will be held in Columbus, OH, April 17-20, 2005.

Asymtek will hold a conformal coating and dispensing workshop on Wed., Dec. 8 at the Center for Board Assembly Research, Manufacturing Research Center (MARC) of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

Afera, the European Association for the Self Adhesive Tape industry, has announced plans to host the second Tape College, April 7-8, 2005, at the Marriott Hotel in Brussels, Belgium.

W.R. Grace & Co. has announced its acquisition of the TRI-FLEX 30 product line from Flexia Corp., headquartered in Canada.

RadTech International has requested that any companies that would like to be included in the Annual Toll Coaters, Custom Coaters & Pilot Lines issues of the RadTech Report contact RadTech at (240) 497-1243 or via e-mail at mickey@radtech.org to secure a space for their listing.

Huron Capital Partners LLC, a Michigan-based private equity firm, announced that it has funded a specialty chemicals initiative in Quest Specialty Chemicals in order to acquire Raabe Corp.

The 2005 Automation & Assembly Summit is a forum for innovations in emerging automation and assembly technologies, systems and processes.

The SMTA International Technical Committee has requested abstract submissions for the 2005 SMTA International conference, to be held Sept. 25-29 at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL.