The new director has decades of a wide variety of experience, including R&D, specializing in polyurethanes, as well as sales, commercialization, and production of new products. 

Michael Todd, vice president of innovation and new business development, Henkel Adhesive Technologies, discusses how sustainability and digitalization are driving research and development at the company. 

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. 

The 3,000-square-meter center will contain spaces for research development and innovation, the FedLab incubator, the customer experience center, and the customer academy.

The tapes can help industrial customers achieve their sustainability goals and create new opportunities for distributors.

New self-adhesive materials address the challenge of the “memory effect,” the tendency of paper to return to its natural state, especially when applied to smaller circumferences. 

ASI's annual ranking of the top 20 global adhesive and sealant manufacturers.

Avery Dennison is a global materials science and digital identification solutions provider that employs approximately 36,000 people in close to 200 locations operating over 50 countries.

Founded in 1902 as a small-scale mining venture in Northern Minnesota, 3M is now an American multi-national conglomerate providing products in fields including worker safety, healthcare, and industrial and consumer goods.