RPM International Inc. announced that its RPM Building Solutions Group (RPM BSG) has signed an agreement to acquire FEMA Farben + Putze GmbH (FEMA GmbH) of Ettlingen, Germany.

Royal Adhesives & Sealants (Royal), a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners (Arsenal), and Vertis Communications (Vertis) announced that Royal will acquire substantially all of the assets of Vertis' indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Webcraft Chemicals, which operates under the name Craig Adhesives & Coatings (Craig).

Charles "Chuck” Alan Piske, 55, of Belvidere, IL, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2011, in his home.

Skip Klatt, long-time VP of Sales for American Chemet, passed away November 21, 2011, after an 18-month battle with lymphoma and leukemia.

A number of financial news organizations are reporting that DuPont is considering the sale of its performance coatings division. The division includes automotive coatings and a small powder coatings division.

Brookfield Engineering, Middleboro, MA, has announced the launch of its latest journal site, TextureAnalysis.com.

A carbon-nanotube coating developed at the University of Michigan acts as a "magic black cloth" that conceals an object's three-dimensional geometry and makes it look like a flat black sheet.

Missouri S&T (formerly UMR) will be offering three short courses in the spring and summer of 2012.