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Building on a decade of success with The ASSEMBLY Show in the Midwest, ASSEMBLY is launching The ASSEMBLY Show South.

W. R. MEADOWS has launched a new product called X-FOAM™, an expansion joint filler for concrete applications.

Bostik Performance Adhesives, formerly Ashland’s performance adhesives business prior to Bostik’s acquisition, featured its Isoset™ and Isogrip™ series adhesives for engineered wood and construction applications at this year’s International Mass Timber Conference. 

As the needs of the packaging industry evolve, adhesive converters face new challenges. The recent growth in e-commerce and food delivery services, for example, has converters looking for efficient ways to quickly slit and rewind large rolls of labels and tapes. Demand is also increasing for user-friendly products such as easy-to-remove split liners. A variety of machinery solutions help converters meet these new requirements.

H.B. Fuller Co. recently announced financial results for its first quarter ended February 26, 2022, reporting net revenue increased 18% compared with the first quarter of 2021.

It is with great pleasure, excitement, and anticipation that we officially host our first Tape Week event this May 2-5 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., with 500+ attendees from 100 companies and 10 countries expected. Representing both a reinvigoration of our historically successful Tape Summit and a refocus and expansion of PSTC’s reach, Tape Week is the only knowledge-building and networking event for pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape professionals.

Have you had a chance to check out our coverage of WAC2022? What are you most looking forward to?

RPM International Inc. recently reported financial results for its fiscal 2022 third quarter, ended February 28, 2022. 

Brenntag has opened a new Innovation Center at its site in Duisburg, Germany.

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