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The Associated Press reports that Powers Fasteners Inc., Brewster, NY, has agreed to a $100,000 fine to settle a federal charge that the company failed to disclose in writing that its epoxy glue was not suitable for securing ceiling panels in Boston’s Big Dig highway project.

Longest Running Adhesives Manufacturing Company in North America is Fifth Generation Owned and Managed

The Ukiah Daily Journal reports that Performance Coatings has settled a dispute with the Environmental Protection Agency over an alleged failure to provide a complete record of chemicals used by the company in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

H.B. Fuller Co. announced today that it has settled its lawsuit with the former owners of the Roanoke Companies Group.

International consumer goods manufacturer Henkel, Düsseldorf, Germany, has once again been included as a leader in the FMCG market segment of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.

CAS-MI Laboratories has announced an alliance with Chemical Dynamics LLC.

Huntsman Corp., The Woodlands, TX, has announced the signing of a “stalking horse” asset and equity purchase agreement pursuant to which its wholly-owned subsidiary Huntsman Pigments LLC has agreed to acquire certain assets of Tronox Inc. and its subsidiaries.

The Courier News reports that the Wisdom Family Foundation, operated by Elgin, IL-based Wisdom Adhesives, has donated $10,000 to the Illinois School District U-46’s Educational Foundation.

The Associated Press reports that new home sales jumped 9.6% in July, indicating a balance between supply and demand in the homebuilding market.

Mlive.com reports that a fire that broke out at Detroit’s Diversified Chemical Technologies on Aug. 24 began in a heating oven.