Articles Tagged with ''hot melts''

ADVANCING ADHESIVES: The Acrylic Acid Shortage

May 1, 2011
Using hot-melt adhesive technology offers multiple advantages.
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STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS: Global PSA Growth Trends

May 1, 2011
The global pressure-sensitive industry is forecasted to grow 7% per year through 2014.
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FOCUS ON: Wisdom Adhesives Completes Corporate Campus Expansion

August 1, 2011
Newly acquired building houses new Research and Development Center on the company’s Elgin, IL, campus.
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Hydrogenated DCPD-Based Resins for SBC-Based Hot-Melt PSAs

January 1, 2012
Hydrogenated dicyclopentadiene resins affect adhesive performance when used as tackifiers in styrene-block-copolymer-based hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesives.
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Recycling Pressure-Sensitive Products

March 19, 2012
One approach for reducing the impact of PSAs on recycling operations is to redesign label systems to inhibit fragmentation of adhesive films.
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Henkel, DaniMer Scientific to Develop Bio-Based Hot-Melt Adhesives

January 22, 2013
Henkel recently announced it has formed an alliance with DaniMer Scientific LLC, a leader in bio-based material technology, to develop hot-melt adhesives that use bio-based raw materials.
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Ask Dr. Dave: February 2013

Dr. Dave answers a question about the recycling of adhesives and sustainability in the adhesives industry.
February 1, 2013

QUESTION: In the manufacturing world, the recycling of materials and the use of “green” materials are popular trends that are increasingly coming under legislative pressures. What about the recycling of adhesives and sustainability in the adhesives industry?


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RS Adhesives: Adhesion Science

March 1, 2013

The Adhesion Science product line offers a complete selection of hot melts, waterborne adhesives, cyanoacrylates and more that are of equal or higher quality than most national brands.


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Focus On: Expanding Excellence

Bostik celebrates Business & Technology Center expansion.
May 1, 2013

A VIP list of political, business and economic development leaders helped Bostik celebrate the grand opening of its expanded business and technology center in Wauwatosa, Wis., late last year.


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Self-Assembling Acrylic Block Copolymers for Enhanced Adhesives Properties

A new type of acrylic copolymer has been developed that features block structures and controlled functional group placement due to a controlled radical polymerization process.
May 1, 2013

Acrylic polymers are widely used in pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) applications in the form of emulsion, solvent or radiation-cured systems. They combine good UV resistance, transparency, tailored tack, and stiffness due to a large choice of acrylic and methacrylic comonomers.


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