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The Adhesion Society's Award for Excellence in Adhesion Science, sponsored by 3M, will be presented to Professor Jacob Israelachvili at a special session of the 2003 Adhesion Society Meeting in Myrtle Beach, S.C., February 23-26, 2003.

TAPPI members can now save 20% on a wide variety of environmental-, safety-, and health-training products from Summit Training Source, Inc.

Wisdom Adhesives, manufacturer of custom adhesives for challenging substrates and environments, announces its new glue toll-packaging capabilities.

Georgia-Pacific Corp. has named Lee M. Thomas as president of the Atlanta-based company.

The Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry has issued a call for papers and posters to be presented at Polyurethanes Expo 2003, Oct. 19-22, in Orlando, Fla.

TA Instruments announced that it intends to purchase the assets of the Rheology Division of Rheometric Scientific, Inc., Piscataway, N.J.

Bayer AG intends to sell its subsidiary, Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH, Mannheim, Germany, to a group of financial investors advised by Advent International Corp., Boston, for 215 million euros, including the assumption of debt.

The Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (API) is making available a bulletin summarizing current technologies and techniques for industrial hygiene air monitoring for MDI and TDI.

Sovereign Specialty Chemicals announced that John Mellett, chief financial officer, will be leaving the company at the end of the year.

Chemir Analytical Services, formerly Chemir/Polytech Laboratories, aims to double its annual sales to $14 million by 2003 through internal growth as well as strategic acquisitions of analytical laboratories within the United States.