Karen Kramer

Karen's final column for ASI thanks all those who have helped the magazine and introduces the new editorial staff.

This year’s Material Handbook has been updated and expanded with 75 new categories and their definitions, and a large increase in supplier listings.

CHEMCENTRAL has implemented a new operating strategy designed to expand and enhance the company's customer and market force. Termed "Regionalization," this new strategy centralizes support functions into regional business centers while retaining sales and operations at its many distribution sites throughout the country.

Our editorial focus this month is on what might appear to be three divergent areas: construction, pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs), and dispensing and curing.

Karen discusses the importance of what both the customer and supplier should expect in service from one another.

ASC continually looks for ways to grow the industry. Karen Kramer writes about what what they see ahead.

Karen discusses ASI's 10-year anniversary.

What better way to start the year of our tenth anniversary of publishing ASI magazine than to recap the accomplishments of the adhesives and sealants industry over the past decade? To do this, we tapped into the expertise of our editorial advisory board and others who volunteered to participate.

Results from Chicago-based Aon's first-ever Manufacturing @ Work(tm) study, released by Aon Consulting's Loyalty Institute, show that employers can do more to increase overall levels of workforce commitment.

This year, total R&D expenditures in the United States are expected to increase about 3.5 percent to $285.6 billion in 2002.