Soliant, LLC has named Leonard E. Poole to the position of automotive technical sales manager. Poole brings more than eight years of advanced development, engineering and account management experience in the decorative film and insert molding industry.

Edward W. Moore has joined RPM International Inc. as vice president, general counsel and secretary. He succeeds and will report to P. Kelly Tompkins, who was recently promoted to executive vice president and chief administrative officer.

PowderCoat Services, Inc. (PCS), a custom powder coating job shop Anaheim, CA, recently celebrated its 25th year in business.

HPWP Consulting, LLC will hold a week-long workshop on "Creating a High Performance Work Place" December 3-8, 2006, at The Carleton Hotel of Oak Park, Oak Park, IL.

The Valspar Corp. has agreed to acquire the powder coatings business of H.B. Fuller Co. The business had net sales of approximately $75 million in 2005 and serves customers in 26 countries from manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and the U.K.

Riley Industries, a U.K. based reseller of used and refurbished surface finishing plants and equipment, has secured a large order for the redesign, refurbishment and supply of DC rectifiers from a leading U.S. supplier of titanium castings to the aerospace industry.

The new Model SBB-12 spiral-bottom round-bowl finishing machine from ALMCO, Inc., has a full-circle baffle that keeps parts in the media mass constantly for faster, more precise processing.

The new RONOVEL™ CS-100 electrolytic hard gold plating solution from Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials is designed to minimize gold deposition onto unwanted areas during gold plating of components, such as connectors.

Metrix Corp. LLC., Watertown, SD, is expanding its Paint Division, a Class "A" production paint facility, to include additional powder and liquid applications.

Linetec has expanded its anodizing capacity by 40% to ensure consistent, reliable delivery during peak demand.