The University of Michigan will enter a car wrapped in Avery Dennison® MPI 1005 Supercast Easy Apply RS™ and DOL 1360 overlaminate in the 2014 American Solar Car Challenge.

Upon completion of the cash transaction, 3M will own 100% of Sumitomo 3M Ltd.

Rheo3000 V.2 software is now available for use with this company’s RST touchscreen rheometers.

Adhesive prices are anticipated to rise moderately on the back of rebounding activity in downstream markets.

This company has expanded its line of LED-compatible Loctite^® adhesives, sealants, potting materials and threadlockers to include 38 products.

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. and Momentive Performance Materials Inc. recently announced the joint publication of the “Sustainability: 2013” sustainability report.

This company, a Nordson company, recently introduced the 7160RA ValveMate™ controller, which can provide exact time control of the dispense cycle with an improved user interface.

Sirrus Inc. recently announced the initiation of a development agreement with Elmer’s^® Products Inc. to develop consumer products from Sirrus’ Chemilian^TM and Forza^TM monomer platforms.

This weekly roundup highlights the adhesives, sealants and coatings news stories that garnered the most attention during the previous week.

Nordson MARCH, a Nordson® company, recently announced that recent studies have shown that plasma treatment of printed circuit boards (PCBs) prior to conformal coating improves the adhesion of the coatings.