This issue marks the beginning of our yearlong celebration of ASI’s 10th year of publishing. With a lot of help from our friends in the industry, we produced a prototype issue in mid-1993 that paved the way for our first full year of publishing in 1994. We have noted the advertisers that were in our first issue with our 10-year logo in their product profiles and by highlighting these companies in red in the ad index.
To initiate this year’s celebration, we developed “A Decade of Adhesives, a Special ASI 10th Anniversary Report." In the report, a panel of seven industry experts offers their at-times spicy opinions on the industry’s accomplishments, new chemistries, and advances in products and equipment. They also assess our achievements on environmental, safety and quality issues. They continue by talking about how the Internet and other business practices have impacted the industry. They evaluate shifts in markets and address the effects that mergers and acquisitions have had on doing business. Finally, they give their report card on how we are handling global activities.