TROY, Mich. — The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) and Adhesives & Sealants Industry (ASI) magazine will sponsor an Adhesives for Product Assembly Symposium June 18-19, 2001, at the Michigan State University Management Education Center in Troy, Mich. Adhesives for Product Assembly is a highly focused symposium aimed at showcasing adhesives used in various applications including automotive, furniture construction, appliances and electronics.
The speakers, who represent adhesives end users, manufacturers of adhesives, equipment suppliers, R&D/academia and consultants, include the following: Robert W. Smith, Chemquest, The U.S. Adhesives and Assembly Markets; Dr. George Ritter, The Edison Welding Institute, Surface Treatments for Product Assembly; Robert W. Simmons, PG Phillips & Associates, Reactive Adhesives/Advances and Trends in Product Assembly; Jim Schultz, Sealant Equipment & Engineering, Inc., Dispensing Concepts and Approaches for Adhesives and Sealants; Amelia DeBaggis, Honeywell, PSAs for Product Assembly; Dr. Misty Huang, OSi Specialties, a business of Crompton, Silane Adhesion Promoters for Difficult Substrates; Barbara A. Hill, 3M/Bonding Systems Division, Pressure Sensitive Adhesives for the New Millennium; Jim Tira, Honeywell, Designing for Success Using Adhesive-Joining Technology; Dan Leeser, PreFORM Adhesives, Using Preforms to Simplify Adhesive-Assembly Processes; Brad Mingels, Tyco Adhesives, Matching the Right Product to the Application; Michael Romano, Liquid Control Corp., Best Equipment Technology for the Application; Cynthia Bellian, Specialty Tape Div., Avery Dennison, PSAs: Delivering ROI Advantages in Automotive, Electronics and Appliance Assembly; Don Leone, Ashby Cross Co., Overview of State-of-the-Art Meter/Mix/Dispense Technologies; Brian Dorenkott, Imperial Adhesives, Furniture Applications; and Todd Scott, Uniseal, Adhesives in Automotive Closure Panel Assembly.