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3M: Water-Based Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive

October 2, 2024

3M™ Fastbond™ Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive 1049 is now in a new portable, ergonomically engineered cylinder delivery system from Worthington Enterprises.

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Sustainability Practices in Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Manufacturing

While challenges remain, the benefits of sustainable practices make a compelling case for the transition toward more eco-friendly adhesive manufacturing.

Janet Page

September 17, 2024

As the demand for environmentally friendly products rises, manufacturers are evaluating their current sustainability practices and finding ways to minimize their environmental impact.

Mactac Expands Manufacturing Capabilities

June 21, 2024

The tape supplier now offers standard and custom solutions from all four primary adhesive technology platforms.

Formulating with Flexibility

Finding solutions to meet ever-evolving demands encourages flexibility and collaboration with suppliers, formulators and customers.

Edwin Hortelano Ph.D.

October 30, 2023

More than any single piece of lab equipment, a successful R&D team’s most vital tool is a flexibility mindset.

Arkema Discusses Integrated PSA Offering

Tim Pione outlines Arkema’s position in pressure-sensitive adhesives and what the company has planned for the future.

Karen Parker

July 11, 2023

Tim Pione, vice president, Advanced Packaging and Converting, Adhesives, at Arkema discusses the company’s pressure-sensitive adhesive products, including hot-melt, waterborne, UV, and specialty solution acrylics technologies.

Applied Adhesives Acquires Premier Packaging Solutions

Based in Chattanooga, Tenn., Premier Packaging Solutions is a distributor of hot-melt and water-based adhesives.

November 3, 2020

Applied Adhesives recently announced that it has acquired Premier Packaging Solutions.

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Market Dynamics for North American Sealants

Through 2019, the building and construction market was a sealants volume leader, followed by assembly operations and transportation.

Aggie Lotz

August 17, 2020

The wide use of dissimilar substrate materials driving the selection of sealants was reported in The Adhesive and Sealant Council’s “2017-2020 North American Market Report for Adhesives and Sealants with a Global Overview.”

Evonik Receives 2020 Ringier Coating Technology Innovation Award

Evonik reports that VP Disp. WF 7620, the newest rheology control dispersion in its Coatings Additives portfolio, was specifically developed to control the rheological properties of waterborne coatings.

July 21, 2020

Evonik recently announced that it has received the 2020 Ringier Coating Technology Innovation Award for a new rheology control dispersion.

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Formulation and Availability of Building and Construction Adhesives, Sealants, and Other Materials

Engineers, architects, specifiers, facility managers, and homeowners must spend time analyzing what performance levels can be obtained by the adhesive and sealant products that are available to them for the environments in which they are being used.

Edye Fox Abrams

May 15, 2020

With increasing consolidation among adhesives manufacturers and the raw material suppliers that support them, global product formulation and availability of materials used in these formulations continue to grow in importance.

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Third-Party Validation of Adhesive Performance

This second installment of a two-part series higlights the value proposition of independent material testing and validation to high-value end-use markets.

Robert K. Ddamulira

Aggie Lotz

March 27, 2020

Independent testing and third-party validation of application-specific and customer-required adhesive products are expected across the value chain. It is especially important to validate adhesive performance for the electronics industry.