As 2022 draws to a close, we review ASI’s most popular feature articles, news, product announcements, and podcasts of the year. 

Bostik offers a range of MSR sealants and Born2Bond™ engineering adhesives for the marine industry, including select products in a repair kit used by all crews in the Route du Rhum transatlantic sailing race. 

Increasingly important to industrial manufacturing in recent years, structural adhesives offer a strong, cost-effective, and fast joining technology. 

Lightweighting of structures is most often associated with automotive structures. However, lightweighting is a challenge across the transportation sector, including trucks, trailers, buses, passenger rail cars, and even heavy earth-moving equipment and cranes.

The 10th annual ASSEMBLY Show is set to take place October 25-27, 2022, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.

Design engineers are increasingly embracing a shift from mechanical fasteners to structural adhesives in sectors ranging from automotive and aerospace to energy and construction. In fact, the market for structural adhesives is projected to grow at a 6.9% CAGR (2021-2030) to reach a value of $27.9 billion worldwide by 2030.

Scott Bader has launched a new structural adhesive for its Crestabond^® range. 

The global epoxy adhesives market is expected to reach $11.6 billion by 2026. These adhesives offer high shear strength while bonding efficiently to substrates like wood, glass, and metal. They also provide minimal shrinkage, superior thermal and chemical resistance, and cohesive strength.

Market studies indicate that the use of structural adhesives will continue to show significant growth in the coming years. Whether for first joining operations, maintenance, or repair operations, the use of paste adhesives offers many advantages compared to welding or traditional mechanical fastening, including ease of use, environmental resistance, sealing, stress distribution, and joining dissimilar materials.