The monthly roundup from Editor Teresa McPherson.
This issue features our sixth annual Raw Materials,
Chemicals, Polymers and Additives Handbook. As in previous years, this year’s
handbook has been updated and expanded with many new categories and
definitions, as well as an increase in supplier listings.
The listings are divided into five major categories: Additives and Chemical
Specialties; Oils and Fatty Acids; Resins and Base Polymers; Pigments and Dyes,
Dry/Dispersions and Extenders; and Solvents. Each category features several
subcategories. The directory is set up with a definition of each material
followed by the names of suppliers who provide the material. Products are
listed alphabetically under each major category.
Use this handy guide to find suppliers throughout the year, in print as well as
on our Web site,
www.adhesivesmag.com. While you’re there, be sure to
check out our Editor's Blog and other online exclusives, as well as Breaking
News and our new RSS Feed to get the latest news and information crucial to
your business.
While our staff made every effort to contact the entire community of materials
suppliers to our industry, we may have inadvertently excluded some. If you are
a materials supplier and would like to receive information on purchasing
listings in next year’s Raw Materials, Chemicals, Polymers and Additives
Handbook, please contact Peg Van Winkle at (614) 760-4222 or e-mail
vanwinklep@bnpmedia.com.
This month’s issue also features some timely editorial addressing the business
side of adhesives and sealants. In “Finding Opportunity in Challenges,”
ASI
Publisher Sue Love recaps a roundtable discussion that took place at the ASC
Fall Conference. Attendees gathered to discuss key industry concerns and to
deliberate solutions to the most pressing issues, including cash shortages and
the (then impending) recession.
Be sure to also check out our sneak peek at the Spring ASC Convention, taking
place April 5-7 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel in Austin, TX. The convention’s
theme is: “Managing the Crisis…Our Industry Coming Together.” Find out more in
“Austin Welcomes ASC Spring Convention and Expo.”
In “Q&A About Polyurethane,” Dr. Jeffrey F. Dormish, senior principal
scientist, Business Development Group, Bayer MaterialScience LLC and his team
of experts once again take questions about formulating polyurethanes. To ask a
question, send an e-mail to
mcphersont@bnpmedia.com
with the subject line “Polyurethanes Q&A.”
Finally, Alejandro Esquivel, Adhesive & Sealant specialist at Dynasol LLC,
explains how to select the right SBCs for an adhesive formulation in “SBCs for
Adhesive Formulations.”
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