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The debut of Mexico’s first National Exposition for Assembly Technology, EnsamblaMex, has attracted industry support from government chambers, industry media and industry suppliers serving the huge product-assembly marketplace.

Aaron S. Dennis, former president of Dennis Chemical Co., died June 24 after a long illness.

The radiation-cure market expanded by more than 10% in 1999 and will grow at an annual rate of 8%-10% over the next five years.

Seegott has passed verification for all codes as a result of Scientific Applications International Corp.’s (SAIC) audit.

The KRATON™ Polymers Business has become the official owner of styrene butadiene styrene (SBS) production facilities in Wesseling, Germany.

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Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) hardware-based weathering Standards G 23, G 26 and G 53 were slated to be withdrawn by December 2000 and should be replaced with improved, performance-based Standards G 151 through G 155.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