The supply chain has seen several major disruptions over the last 20 months or so. As a result of various issues arising from the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and the pandemic’s extended impact to natural disasters and more, the adhesive and sealant industry has been dealing with lack of supply, supply and demand disparities,… Continue reading A Look at Supply Chain Challenges Impacting the Adhesive and Sealant Industry
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Important Considerations When Bonding Aluminum to Steel in Vehicle Manufacturing and Repair
Aluminum and steel are both classified as metal, but it doesn’t mean they have the same responses when bonded together in automotive repairs and manufacturing. Complicating the process it that the two metals are alike in some aspects, but different to an extent that the reactive chart lists them as dissimilar metals. Complicating it still… Continue reading Important Considerations When Bonding Aluminum to Steel in Vehicle Manufacturing and Repair
Adhesives Group Acquires Sealants Company
ASI specializes in the innovation of product assembly adhesives and sealants. These dynamic solutions are used in multiple applications and markets, including industrial, DIY, transportation, residential and commercial building, and construction. ASI will join Meridian’s Industrial Division, which serves the Flooring, Packaging and Product Assembly markets. The company brings a broad product line and technology… Continue reading Adhesives Group Acquires Sealants Company
Choosing the Right Adhesives for Bonding Metals
Adhesives have increasingly been taking over the bonding function from mechanical fasteners, and in doing so bonding wider ranges and types of substrates as well as bonding of dissimilar materials. Metals are no exception, and using adhesives to bond them either to the same or dissimilar substrates is becoming an increasingly popular and effective method… Continue reading Choosing the Right Adhesives for Bonding Metals
The Importance of Force Measurement in Ensuring Quality and Performance Levels in Adhesive Applications
An ever growing range of new adhesives is being developed to keep pace not only with the specific needs and levels of performance required by new technologies, but also as a result of their taking over the roles of mechanical fasteners in manufacture and assembly in many sectors. This growth rate, together with constantly expanding… Continue reading The Importance of Force Measurement in Ensuring Quality and Performance Levels in Adhesive Applications
Adhesive Repair Kit Proves Critical to Official Transat Jacques Vabre (TJV) Yacht Race
Bostik recently announced that its adhesives, including solutions from the Born2Bond™ engineering adhesives range, comprise part of a repair kit that was offered by Arkema, Lalou Multi, and Bostik to all 79 teams in the Transat Jacques Vabre (TJV) multi-day yacht race. The adhesives were reportedly chosen for their fast curing, high strength, and resistance to moisture, humidity, and… Continue reading Adhesive Repair Kit Proves Critical to Official Transat Jacques Vabre (TJV) Yacht Race
How Sealants Maximize the Lifespan of Driveways
Paved driveways take a lot of strain all year round, but are particularly affected during the winter months when extra amounts of rock salt, oil and ice enter the picture. This leads to gradual deterioration which starts with a noticeable change in its appearance in spring, and deteriorates as the years pass to points where… Continue reading How Sealants Maximize the Lifespan of Driveways
Supplier Increases Automotive Adhesive Capabilities with New Facility in East China
DuPont has broken ground on a previously announced $30 million facility in Zhangjiagang, China, that will produce a range of materials to advance applications for electrification and lightweighting in support of growing demand for its automotive adhesives. Leading the groundbreaking ceremony were Yi Zhang, regional president for DuPont Asia Pacific; Tina Wu, global vice president… Continue reading Supplier Increases Automotive Adhesive Capabilities with New Facility in East China
New Polyurethane Additives Capabilities Added with New Laboratory & Innovation Facility in Germany
Industry supplier Evonik recently announced that it has expanded with a new state-of-the-art polyurethane (PU) laboratory and innovation facility at its Essen Goldschmidt site in Germany, which was inaugurated at the end of October. The new 400-sq-m laboratory will reportedly enhance the group’s development capabilities for high-performance specialty PU additives and processing aids for a variety of… Continue reading New Polyurethane Additives Capabilities Added with New Laboratory & Innovation Facility in Germany
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Approves Emission Reduction Targets for Industry Supplier
Avery Dennison recently announced that its emissions reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as consistent with levels required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. The targets covering greenhouse gas emissions from the company’s operations (scopes 1 and 2) are in line with reductions required to keep warming to no… Continue reading Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Approves Emission Reduction Targets for Industry Supplier