The Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC) has issued a call for papers for Tech XXVI, which will be held in May 2003, in Washington. Proposals for presentations should be sent to PSTC on or before August 1, 2002.

Ultra Additives, a supplier of foam-control agents, is marking its 50th year of operation in 2002.

knovel Corp. offers the seven-volume Dictionary of Substances and Their Effects (DOSE: second electronic edition, edited by S. Gangolli) on its Web site, www.knovel.com.

The Adhesive & Sealant Council's (ASC) 2002 Fall Convention and Exposition will be held October 13 - 16, 2002, at the Hilton Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

In response to the increasing demand for adhesive technologies within manufacturing and converting applications for products, Tyco Adhesives has established the Custom Design Resource Group within its Custom Coating Division as the forum managing this business.

DSM Desotech Inc. announced the startup of operations at a new production facility for UV-cure coating materials and other specialty products in Stanley, N.C.

Loctite Corp. has announced the first of a series of technical seminars on "Understanding Lead-Free Solder." The first seminar will be held July 15, 2002, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, Calif.

FEICA, the Association of European Adhesives Manufacturers (F¿ration Europ¿ne des Industries de Colles et Adh¿fs), will hold the 2002 European Adhesives Conference September 26-27, 2002.

The 3rd European Congress for raw materials for the adhesives and sealants industry will take place on April 9-10, 2003, during the European Coatings Show 2003 in Nuremberg, Germany.

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