Netherlands subsidiary company Omya Beheer BV is building a new plant for natural calcium carbonate (GCC) in Moerdijk, near Rotterdam.

Alco Chemical has announced the promotion of John Cate to director of Sales, North America.

Asymtek, together with fluid suppliers Dow Corning, Dymax, Emerson & Cuming, Henkel Technologies, Humiseal and Shin-Etsu, will present a two-day conformal coating and microelectronics dispensing seminar on April 27-28 in Westford, MA.

Hernon Manufacturing's Quality Management System has achieved certification to the internationally recognized ISO 9001:2000 quality standard.

In a strategic move to help customers speed time to market and reduce manufacturing costs, Dow Corning Corp. has launched the External Equipment Provider Alliance with nine leading companies from the electronics assembly and packaging industry.

Three separate events. One unified mission: quality education.

Professor Deborah Nightingale, PhD. of the MIT Lean Aerospace Initiative will present a keynote presentation, "Transforming the Lean Enterprise Value Stream," on Thursday, May 6, 2004, at 12:00 p.m. as part of the NEPCON East/Electro and Assembly East event.

Venture Tape Corp. has broken ground on a major new addition at its Rockland, MA, manufacturing facility and headquarters.

To meet the growing worldwide demand for high-quality hot melt adhesives, the Coatings & Colorants Business Unit of Degussa AG will increase the production capacity for VESTOPLAST, an amorphous poly-alpha-olefin (APAO).

The Grinding and Dispersion Division of NETZSCH Inc. has announced the appointment of Manutrol Inc. as its new representative for the entire Canadian market.