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Ask Dr. Dave

What packaging materials do you recommend for moisture-sensitive reactive adhesives and sealants?

Dave Dunn's March 2018 column.

March 16, 2018

Packages are chosen based on performance and cost. Specialty materials like anaerobic adhesives need oxygen to maintain their stability and shelf life. These materials were traditionally packaged in low-density polyethylene tubes or bottles to allow air diffusion into the package.

Ellsworth Adhesives and Enercon Industries to Offer Surface Treatment Webinar

The webinar is scheduled for 10 a.m. CDT on April 12.

March 16, 2018

Enercon Industries Corp. and Ellsworth Adhesives recently announced they are jointly providing a webinar.

FEICA Publishes Good Practice Stories

There are now 10 FEICA Good Practice stories available on the FEICA website.

March 15, 2018

FEICA intends to continue raising awareness of the efforts made by the adhesive and sealant industry to fully embrace the circular economy via its Good Practice stories.

DOW AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS: Structural Adhesives

March 15, 2018

BETAFORCE™, BETAMATE™ and BETASEAL™ solutions that enhance lightweight module construction.

Extra Corrosion Protection in Sealants

Tests are being done to check the long-term performance of the coated materials by exposing them to rapidly changing temperatures in a time-compressed form.

March 14, 2018

A team of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, along with the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, are working on developing a cost-effective coating based on renewable raw materials.

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Henkel’s Adhesive Electronics Receives Awards

Each product is evaluated on challenging metrics.

March 12, 2018

Henkel recently announced its adhesive electronics division has received two trophies in the annual awards contest.

Strategic Solutions

Beyond Adhesion

Disruptive innovation has impacted transportation applications of adhesives and sealants.

Aggie Lotz Daniel S. Murad

March 9, 2018

Broadly speaking, a market disruptor may include a technology, method, process, service, or channel with superior performance and customer benefits delivered at an attractive price point that can unexpectedly displace an incumbent. Porter’s Five Forces, created by Harvard Business School’s then-associate professor Michael E. Porter, Ph.D., has provided a framework for taking a “snapshot in time” of any potential threat to a business’ profits (not limited to a business losing its customers to an existing rival.

H.B. Fuller Announces Integration Related Restructuring Charges

These actions will reportedly result in pre-tax charges of $35 million to $40 million.

March 7, 2018

H.B. Fuller Co. recently announced it has approved a detailed plan associated with the integration of the Royal and H.B. Fuller businesses.

Rolling up the Carpet

Because of its complicated structure, carpet is difficult to recycle without reintroducing these toxic substances.

March 7, 2018

NGO Healthy Buildings Network (HBN) has recently taken chemicals in carpets under scrutiny, with calling for a "fundamental transformation" of the industry for recycling. Its recent report uncovered 44 toxic substances found in fiber, backing, adhesives and carpet pad.