Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL) has announced that a consortium of eight leading international banks has granted the ICL Group a loan of €140 mil (approximately USD $175 mil).

TruSeal Technologies, Inc. has announced that it recently received ISO 9001:2000 certification for its Barbourville, KY, manufacturing facility.

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers has announced that it recently named Mark C. Tomlinson as its director of Membership.

FLEXcon recently announced the winners of its 2003 Awards for Innovation Contest.

Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL) has announced that a consortium of eight leading international banks has granted the ICL Group a loan of €140 mil (approximately USD $175 mil).

The Epoxy Products and Intermediates business of The Dow Chemical Company has announced an increase on the North American price of Glycidil Methacrylate (GMA).

Cancarb Ltd. has announced that it has received certification for its quality, environmental and health safety management systems from the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB).

As part of its final distribution of funds to support packaging education, the Packaging Education Forum (PEF) is distributing $400,000 in assets to packaging programs at six universities.

Kaman Industrial Technologies has announced the appointment of Steven R. Kennedy to the position of district manager for Kaman's Southern New England district, reporting to Donald Roland, regional manager, Eastern Region. Kennedy will direct the district's sales, service and operations, and will be responsible for the growth of market share and the achievement of regional objectives through his strategic management of the district's sales, inventory, operating expenses and personnel.

OMNOVA Solutions' Specialty Chemicals business has announced a price increase of $0.03 per dry pound for styrene butadiene latex and $0.02 per wet pound for pure acrylic, styrene acrylic, vinyl acrylic and vinyl acetate emulsion polymers.