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Omnova Solutions recently announced its 2008 Technology Award recipients. This annual award program recognizes exemplary technology-based contributions by associates in OMNOVA's research and development, sales and marketing, technical service, operations, and product management organizations.

Struktol Company of America, headquartered in Stow, OH, has promoted Paul A. Danilowicz to director of sales and marketing.

Container Management Systems (CMS) and Innovative Container announced that they have merged and will now operate together as Varicon^TM.

The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) has named Denise Creedon as its vice president of Institutional Advancement.

Dymax Corp., a manufacturer of advanced light-curable adhesives, coatings, and curing equipment, recently announced the appointment of Charles Smart as director of engineering in the Curing Equipment department.

Emerald Kalama Chemical has announced the completion of the pre-registration requirements of REACH legislation for the components of its Kalama^TM K-FLEX^® plasticizers.

Loctite^® Super Glue has secured a spot in the record books, earning recognition by the Guinness World Record^TM, the world authority on record-breaking achievements, for the "heaviest vehicle ever lifted with a commercially available glue."

Arion subfuscus, a species of slug, produces a defensive gel it can chemically convert into remarkably strong glue.

In a cave in ZwaZulu-Natal, scientists believe they have found the earliest examples of superglue, more than 70,000 years old.

The Supervisory Board of specialty chemicals group ALTANA AG has announced its decision to extend the appointment of Dr. Matthias L. Wolfgruber as CEO of the company ahead of schedule.