The PSTC Tech 31 event closed Friday morning with a final
general session. Brian Johnson, senior EHS&R stewardship specialist in the
REACH Program Office at 3M Corporate R&D, explained how the REACH
regulation affects PSA tapes. REACH, the registration, evaluation,
authorization and restriction of chemicals, replaces over 40 regulations and
has several different requirements for preparations and articles.
John S. Dick of Alpha Technologies has more than 30 years of
experience in the rubber industry. He discussed measurements of the magnitude
and nature of natural rubber quality variation using a rheological tester.