Nearly 1,000 attendees at the 2008 World Adhesives Conference in Miami, FL, listened to global industry leaders discuss challenges and trends within the adhesives industry.
Cytec
Industries Inc. has announced plans to increase the capacity for RESYDROL®
water-based alkyds at the company’s Wallingford,
CT, production facility.
Dow
Corning’s rapid cure silicone helped Colorado
highway officials cost-effectively protect its bridges in Glenwood Canyon, CO,
while keeping the road closures to a minimum.
In
2007, global adhesives usage was estimated at 33 billion lbs. However, if all
countries would optimize their usage as compared to western industrialized nations,
that number could jump to nearly 190 billion lbs.