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Carlisle Companies Inc. announced that Nicholas J. Shears will retire as group president of Carlisle Construction Materials LLC after 38 years of service to Carlisle, effective September 30, 2022.

The ChemQuest Technology Institute has entered a three-year agreement to support the growth and validation of Universal Matter’s graphene technology based on sustainable feedstocks.

The 18th Biennial European PLACE Conference will be held October 10-12, 2022, in Bratislava, Slovakia.

RPM International Inc. has appointed a retired four-star general of the United States Air Force to its board of directors.  

ICP Building Solutions Group (ICP BSG) has named Sami Rahman, an experienced veteran of the building materials industry, as its new chief commercial officer.

Builder confidence plunged in July as high inflation and increased interest rates stalled the housing market by dramatically slowing sales and buyer traffic. 

RPM International Inc. (RPM) has appointed a new vice president – internal audit and chief audit executive, effective July 19, 2022.

AkzoNobel recently announced plans to invest €20 to increase and improve production at two of its sites in France.

Mule-Hide Products Co. Inc. announced that Chris Kuykendall has joined the company’s product management team as fluid-applied segment manager. 

Contaminated printed circuit board assemblies can lead to poor performance. Oils and flux residue can prevent proper adhesion of conformal coatings, while marking inks, adhesives, and other materials can cause PCB delamination, blistering, shorting, dendrite growth, and electrochemical migration. It is therefore critical to remove all leftover manufacturing contaminants and to do it in an environmentally sustainable way.