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The company’s business lines, currently bundled into four divisions, will now be led directly by members of its Executive Board.

Coherix is expanding its industry-wide engineering workshop program designed to improve the application of adhesives and sealants in product manufacturing operations.

ADNOC, the largest oil producer in the United Arab Emirates, has successfully gained control of 91.3% of outstanding Covestro shares. 

Henkel Adhesive Technologies has received the FINAT Sustainability Award 2024 in the Optimisation of Recycling category. 

Westlake Innovations Inc., a subsidiary of Westlake Corp., has invested in Universal Matter Inc., based in Burlington, Ontario. 

With the new addition, Ingevit's board of directors now includes nine directors, eight of whom are independent.

According to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau, overall housing starts decreased 1.8% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.29 million units. 

Afera, the European Adhesive Tape Association, has released a new guidance document, "Sustainable use of Adhesive Tapes," as part of the work undertaken by the Advocacy Workstream of Afera’s Flagship Sustainability Project.

Chemours reports that the project will create full-time opportunities for skilled personnel with PCC, and up to 1,200 temporary construction jobs.

The final EPA rules ban all uses of TCE, all consumer uses and many commercial uses of PCE, and require worker protections for all remaining uses under the Toxic Substances Control Act.