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Readers Most Interested in 3M Patents

An announcement from 3M regarding a milestone in innovation garnered the most interest last week.

May 27, 2014

This weekly roundup highlights the adhesives, sealants and coatings news stories that garnered the most attention during the previous week.

AkzoNobel and Solvay to Develop Renewable Raw Material Monitoring System

May 16, 2014

AkzoNobel and Solvay have joined forces with Ernst & Young to jointly develop a monitoring system that tracks and quantifies the use of renewable raw materials.

Advancing Adhesives: Bio-Based Polyols for High-Performance Polyurethane Adhesives

Bio-based adhesive solutions can promote moisture protection and flexibility in a variety of applications.

Angela Smits Eric Brouwer

May 1, 2014

The world’s growing population and wealth, combined with raw materials scarcity, influence the adhesives market. Manufacturers are searching for bio-based solutions in order to reduce reliability on scarce raw materials and improve the carbon footprint of their products.

Strategic Solutions: Selling Green

Companies need to tell the whole story when they are marketing "green" product attributes.

James (Jim) E. Swope

May 1, 2014

Green, bio-based, renewable, eco-friendly—no matter which label we attach, the current marketing buzz is about environmentally conscious products.

Advancing Adhesives: Reusable and Renewable Adhesive Mimics Geckos

Researchers have re-designed Geckskin with renewable materials.

May 1, 2014

Traditional adhesives, usually petroleum-based and often intended for a single use, present a sticky situation for sustainability. However, researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst have redesigned their Geckskin adhesive using renewable materials.

Editor's Memo: The Green Stuff

Developing successful green products is much trickier than most people might think.

Susan Sutton

May 1, 2014

Wouldn’t it be great if doing the right thing automatically brought big rewards?

STEPAN CO.: Surfactant

March 28, 2014

STEPOSOL^®MET-10U is a new surfactant derived from natural oils intended to displace the use of solvents.

Sartomer Products Receive Certified Biobased Product Designation

March 28, 2014

Sartomer Americas has earned the Certified Biobased Product designation from the USDA for its entire Sarbio® line of specialty acrylates and methacrylates.

Top 5 News that Sticks

Readers Most Interested in ExxonMobil Tackifier Expansion

This weekly roundup highlights the adhesives, sealants and coatings news stories that garnered the most attention during the previous week.

Susan Sutton

March 17, 2014

News from ExxonMobil regarding expansion plans for tackifier production drew the most reader interest last week.

Myriant Supplies Bio-Succinic Acid to Oxea

March 5, 2014

Myriant Corp. recently announced it has supplied commercial quantities of bio-succinic acid to Oxea for use in the production of bio-based, phthalate-free plasticizers.