Meridian Adhesives Group has announced the promotion of Jerry Stempel to the position of president of the company’s Industrial Packaging Division.

With builders continuing to report supply chain problems that are causing construction delays, overall housing starts decreased 4.1% in January 2022 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.64 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Fedrigoni Group recently announced its acquisition of Spain-based Divipa.

To start us off, Jowat’s Gerhard Haas asks: How can we make adhesives and bonding processes more sustainable? Luckily, he also provides some insightful answers clustered under a central recommendation to seek a holistic approach to sustainability. Learn more in “Green Bonding.”

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and bottlenecks in the procurement of raw materials, Sika reported sales rose by 17.5% to a record CHF 9.3 billion (approximately $10.1 billion) in 2021.

Admix, Inc. recently announced the appointment of Tim Dining as the company’s new chief operating officer.

Bostik, an Arkema company, recently launched in EMEA a safer and more sustainable WL range offering within its Born2Bond™ anaerobic adhesives portfolio of engineering adhesives.

Two distinct strategies are at play in adhesives and sealants segment M&A—one being employed by large, global consolidators and the other by domestic, private equity-backed consolidators.

W. R. MEADOWS, Inc. has acquired Mississauga-based Gemite Products, Inc.

Univar Solutions Inc. recently announced its selection as the exclusive distributor of Diexter-G™, Isoexter™, and Hydroexter™ from COIM USA, Inc. in the U.S. and Canada.