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Combined companies to form $7.5 billion producer of specialty chemicals and materials.

The Hydrocarbon Specialty Chemical division of Cray Valley has received approval for a 40% capacity increase for its Channelview, Texas, plant.

Matt Caldwell most recently worked at Bentley Systems, where he was in charge of hiring and training new sales staff.

When engineers at Stanford University wanted to create a robot that could scale smooth surfaces (such as glass), they turned to nature for inspiration. The directional adhesion used by a

Brian Koski will focus on managing the overall materials supply stream of Chemsultants’ pilot coating, new product scale-up and specialty contract manufacturing operations.

A recently announced $129 million grant from several federal sources, including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and an additional $30 million from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Two day-long courses are being offered that provide hands-on knowledge of Brookfield's viscosity measurement offerings.

The Society for Adhesion and Adhesives will present a number of awards at the international Adhesion 11 conference this month.

Univar has announced the appointment of Steve Block as president of ChemPoint.com and as vice president of Univar Inc.

Bio-based adhesives researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Products Laboratory are testing a compound that comes from soy milk and tofu. A new soy-based glue would be much