The South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) plans to reopen Rule 1168 and the EPA’s continued efforts to seek information on consumer exposure to diisocyanates will be critical areas that the Adhesive and Sealant Council’s (ASC) government relations department will focus on in 2012.
Kenneth Lauffer, Business Unit Director – Adhesives, of Arizona Chemical Co. LLC, has joined the Adhesive and Sealant Council’s (ASC) Board of Directors.
Organizers of the ASC Spring Conference and Expo have announced the keynote speakers and topics for the event, slated to take place April 15-17, 2012, at the Grand Hyatt, Denver, CO.
Creative Materials, Inc. has moved to a new facility in Ayer, MA. Organic business expansion over the past several years motivated the move in August 2011 to a new corporate center.
Honeywell announced that it has purchased Evonik Industries’ portfolio of manufacturing technology, including patents, for the production of polyethylene waxes used in a variety of applications, from paint and coatings to adhesives and inks.
Royal Adhesives & Sealants (Royal), a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners (Arsenal), and Vertis Communications (Vertis) announced that Royal will acquire substantially all of the assets of Vertis' indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Webcraft Chemicals, which operates under the name Craig Adhesives & Coatings (Craig).
Shell MDS and Evonik Industries signed a six-year contract for Evonik Industries to continue as Shell MDS’ distributor of Shell GTL Sarawax waxes (FT waxes) in Europe. Evonik will produce and sell modified GTL waxes globally with the brand name VESTOWAX®.
