In today’s advanced electronics applications, adhesives, encapsulants, sealants, and other chemistries can be the “horseshoe nails” of mission-critical electronics systems.

Given any of the variety of adhesive and sealant products on the market, many ASI readers could probably determine the specific VOC rule and level that would apply.

The issue of dust explosions has been a hot topic since the early 20th century.

An increasing number of countries are seeing the advantages of products with low emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into indoor air.

For many years, the adhesives and sealants industry has used a range of standardized test methods to ensure the quality of products for industrial applications.

As a material class, polyurethanes have unique properties over many other polymeric materials.

The Nuremberg Exhibition Center in Nuremberg, Germany, will again welcome coatings professionals from all over the world to the European Coatings Show and Congress from March 18-21. 

Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) is a unique chemical with a wide range of applications.

 When it comes to the Credit for Increasing Research Activities (I.R.C. §41, “the R&D credit”), a common misconception is that a company won’t qualify for the R&D credit if it doesn’t have a laboratory, a dedicated R&D division or an engineer on staff.  

The ASC’s incoming chairman discusses plans for the coming year.