Inspired by examples of hierarchical structures improving the properties of soft materials, the authors have explored methods to apply these concepts to waterborne acrylic PSAs made by emulsion polymerization. In this work, they attempted to build a sacrificial bond network into a PSA through multistage emulsion polymerization.
The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) is offering two technical short courses that will be co-located with the 2023 Annual Convention, which is taking place April 17-18, 2023, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The most successful companies are focusing on taking control of their end-to-end supply chain with cross-functional, cross-organizational, collaborative programs such as sales and operations planning (S&OP), which is also known as sales, inventory, and operations planning (SIOP).