The now world-famous powerboat that was driven up the Thames by David Beckham to bring the Olympic flame to the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony was a Bladerunner BR RIB 35.

Today’s elastomeric joint sealants are quite remarkable. For a relatively low cost, they provide much of the protection against air or water intrusion for many types of assemblies. In these applications, a sealant must adhere tenaciously to the substrates and maintain prolonged flexibility while being bombarded by wind, rain, heat, ultraviolet (UV) light, ice, dirt, and so on.

Moisture-cure polyurethane adhesives, or more particularly, moisture-cure polyurethane binders, are used extensively to combine particulate materials into a solid form either by molding or other processes. These particulate materials can be diverse in physical characteristics ranging from sand and small stones to recycled tire crumb, flexible urethane foam scrap, wood, and fiber.

In today’s mercurial economy, it is increasingly difficult for any printer or converter to remain profitable. Pressures come from multiple sources, including the fluctuating costs of utilities, the rising costs of raw materials and the continuous demand for ecologically friendly resources.

Featuring Innovations in Print Technologies and Consumer Packaging, Corrosion & Weathering for Industrial Finishing, Composites, and Advanced Materials & Processes for Industrial Applications, RadTech--The Association for Ultraviolet and Electron Beam processes announces uv.eb WEST 2013.

The “Forum de la Plasturgie et des Composites” will take place on the 30th and 31st May, 2013 at Disneyland Paris's Congress Centre.

The Alabama Composites Conference has been held on a 2-year cycle since 2006 and has received participation from cross-disciplines with a central interest in engineering composites.