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Momentive Specialty Chemicals Announces Potential Sites for New Forest Product Facility

March 21, 2014

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. recently announced it has narrowed the potential location for its new forest product facility in Brazil to three states.

MOMENTIVE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS: New Website

March 18, 2014

A new website reportedly helps engineers and manufacturers make more informed decisions regarding advanced composites technologies.

Huntsman Opens Thermoplastic Polyurethanes Production Facility in Shanghai

March 13, 2014

Huntsman Corp. announced the official opening of its new thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) production facility in Shanghai, China.

AkzoNobel Doubles Capacity at Chinese Coatings Site

March 13, 2014

AkzoNobel has completed the expansion of its Industrial Coatings site in Songjiang near Shanghai, China.

Sneak Peek: ExxonMobil to Significantly Expand Tackifier Production

March 6, 2014

ExxonMobil Chemical Co. has announced plans to build what is reportedly the world’s largest hydrogenated tackifier manufacturing facility.

Editor's Memo: Let's Talk Materials

Use our annual Raw Materials, Chemicals, Polymers and Additives Handbook to find suppliers throughout the year.

Susan Sutton

February 1, 2014

Welcome to our annual Raw Materials, Chemicals, Polymers and Additives Handbook.

2013 ASI Readers' Choice Awards

We created the ASI Readers’ Choice Awards to celebrate all of the industry’s hard work and ingenuity.

November 1, 2013

Innovation truly drives the success of the adhesives and sealants industry. We created the ASI Readers’ Choice Awards to celebrate all of the industry’s hard work and ingenuity.

Low-Volatile Pure Monomer Resins

Several new low-volatile pure monomer resins with varying softening points have been developed in response to general demand for low-VOC raw materials.

P. Rajesh Raja, Ph.D. Wei-Min Cheng, Ph.D.

July 1, 2013

Pure monomer resins (PMRs) are produced from pure aromatic monomer streams, especially styrene and alkyl styrene derivatives.

Environmentally Friendly Manufacturing

One company illustrates how industry can make a big difference when sustainability is fully embraced.

Julie Vaughn Biege Brenda Abke Brian Denison Christopher Wrobel, Ph.D.

May 1, 2013

"Environmentally friendly” can mean many different things. For Emerald Performance Materials—a mid-sized specialty chemicals company with four business groups, eight manufacturing operations and sales to more than 70 countries across the globe—it has meant making a concerted effort to reduce emissions and consider ways to improve the chemical composition and volatile organic compound (VOC) levels of products.

Coatings Innovation: New Environmental Road Markings Improve Safety

The road markings incorporate tiny glass beads that reflect the light from headlights in dark or wet conditions.

May 1, 2013

Road markings ensure traffic safety, but there are differences among them, both in terms of quality and eco-friendliness. Evonik Industries has conducted an independent lifecycle assessment (LCA) and found that DEGAROUTE-based road markings protect not only road users but also the climate.