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Neville Chemical and Les Derives Resiniques & Terpeniques have agreed to evaluate a partnership involving their interests in the tackifier dispersion business for pressure sensitive adhesives.

Northwest Coatings has filed for a U.S. Patent on its new UV/EB-curable laminating adhesive technology.

The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) hardware-based weathering Standards G 23, G 26 and G 53 were slated to be withdrawn by December 2000 and should be replaced with improved, performance-based Standards G 151 through G 155.

C.L. Hauthaway & Sons has appointed Dar-tech sales representative for the Hauthane line of waterborne polyurethane dispersions to the adhesives and coatings markets in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Western New York and Western Pennsylvania.

The Polyurethanes Business Unit of the American Plastics Council (APC) will now be known as the Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (API).

Mace Adhesives & Coatings received The Most Valued Partner Award by H.H. Brown.

Saiden Technologies is scheduled to begin construction of a new emulsion polymerization and multicapability compounding facility on January 1.

Bayer is acquiring the global polyols business of United States-based Lyondell Chemical for $2.45 billion in a move to strengthen its core polymers business in the long term.

Penta-Tech Coated Products is a new company that manufactures silicone-coated release liners.

The 23rd Annual Adhesion Society Meeting will be held February 20-23, 2000.