Dow Automotive has announced the appointment of Jane Palmieri as vice president, Plastics and Fluids.

Akzo Nobel will form a new unit, Ink & Adhesive Resins, by merging the businesses Printing Ink Resins and Pine Specialties, with a combined total of 550 employees.

The BroadBeam line of electron beam processors is available as a result of the acquisition of this technology by PCT Product & Manufacturing LLC from Bemis Clysar, Inc.

Dr. Guenter Oertel, one of the chief developers of reaction injection molding (RIM) technology for polyurethanes, became the sixth member of the Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry's (API) Polyurethane Hall of Fame.

DuPont Textiles & Interiors (DTI), a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont, has announced that it will be called INVISTA effective immediately.

The Center for Adhesive and Sealant Science's Efficient Testing of Adhesives and Sealants course, will be held Oct. 27-29, in Blacksburg, VA.

Nordson Corp. has announced that Peter Lambert will assume the role of vice president, packaging and product assembly operations.

The Henkel Group acquired the entire adhesives and construction materials business of the DESC Group, Mexico City, effective Oct. 1.

The Adhesive and Sealant Council, Inc. has announced the addition of Robert Willis as senior manager of educational programming.

The Biocides Division of The Dow Chemical Co. announced that it has appointed ChemPoint.com the exclusive e-distributor of its glutaraldehyde biocide lines in North America.