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6 Key Trending Topics for the Adhesives and Sealants Industry

The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) is monitoring six important trends and how they will affect the industry.

September 1, 2015

This has been a good year for the adhesives and sealants industry, as some positive economic trends are taking shape—and some long-unsettled regulatory oversight may be straightened out.

Univar Purchases Chemical Associates

July 16, 2015

Univar Inc. recently announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Univar USA Inc., has acquired the assets of Chemical Associates Inc.

Troy Completes Ashland Biocides Acquisition

July 7, 2015

Troy Corp. recently announced it has completed its acquisition of the industrial biocides business from Ashland Inc.

Thakrar to Head Royal DSM Bio-Based Products and Services Unit

July 3, 2015

Royal DSM recently announced that Atul Thakrar will join the company to head its Bio-Based Products and Services unit.

North America Dominates Oilfield Biocides Market

Oilfield biocides and bio-solvents together are expected to generate revenue of $833.5 million by 2020.

Sanjay Matthews

July 1, 2015

Solvents have traditionally been derived from petroleum. These petroleum-based solvents are now being replaced by bio-based solvents, derived from renewable feedstocks such as corn, soybeans and orange peels.

Troy to Acquire Ashland’s Industrial Biocides Business

June 3, 2015

Troy Corp. recently announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the industrial biocides business from Ashland Inc.

Advancing Adhesives: Bio-Based Succinic Acid Polyester Polyols

Sustainable building blocks provide multiple benefits for performance-driven TPUs, PUDs and coatings.

William D. Coggio Ivan Hevus Prof. Dean C. Webster Alan Schrock Baylen Thompson Kenneth Ulrich Natalie Dzadek

June 1, 2015

Bio-based succinic acid provides researchers and product developers a valuable and innovative sustainable platform chemical for differentiable, high-performance polyurethane (PU) materials.

Bio-Based Feedstocks for Adhesives and Sealants: Everything Old is New Again

Recent years have seen a near adversarial relationship between bio-based product manufacturers and petrochemical companies.

Lee Colyer Speight

June 1, 2015

This is a call for innovation and collaboration. The ascent - or, more appropriately - re-ascent of renewable chemistry provides great promise for the adhesives and sealants industry.

Moritz Appointed Reverdia New Business Development Manager

May 18, 2015

Reverdia recently announced that Pascal Moritz has been appointed New Business Development manager for Europe.

Sustainable Success for Adhesives and Sealants through Biorenewable Feedstocks

Innovation and sustainability drive the pine chemicals industry.

Charles Morris

May 1, 2015

For decades, the pine chemicals industry has used biorenewable feedstocks from both forests and factories to produce materials used by a variety of industries, including adhesives and sealants.