Hidden Harbor announced its investment in Teckrez, a provider of high-quality tackifier resin and acrylic monomer solutions.

This will be the first commercial-scale production of bio-based 2-octyl acrylate, with high performance and ease of use in a broad range of applications.

CVC Thermoset Specialties’ announcement that it would expand capacity for its epoxy-functional monomers line drew the most interest last week.

We are formulating acrylic adhesives (both reactive acrylics and anaerobics), but are having problems with the sourcing of monomers. Some suppliers can’t seem to give us monomers that produce shelf-stable products, even though they purport to have added extra free-radical stabilizers. Can you offer some advice?