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2015 Adhesives and Sealants Raw Materials and Chemicals Roundtable

What's happening in the often-tumultuous raw materials and chemicals sector?

March 2, 2015

Each adhesive and sealant product must start with the right materials if it has any hope of success. But what’s happening in this often tumultuous sector?

Editor's Memo: Material Matters

I recently posed a number of questions to leading materials and chemicals suppliers, industry leaders, and the ASI online community.

Susan Sutton

March 2, 2015

We’re celebrating materials in this issue with our annual Raw Materials, Chemicals, Polymers and Additives Handbook, which includes definition/use information for key products, as well as supplier details.

Sun Chemical Releases Corporate Sustainability Report

February 24, 2015

Sun Chemical recently announced it has released its 2014 Corporate Sustainability Report.

Acme-Hardesty Announces List of USDA BioPreferred® Products

February 18, 2015

Acme-Hardesty Co. recently announced that a number of its distributed products now carry the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product Label.

Continued Growth Predicted for Bio-Based Ethylene Market

January 22, 2015

The trend toward developing sustainable products will remain a key driving factor for the bio-based ethylene market over the next six years

Making Adhesives and Sealants Safer

Innovations discovered at Purdue University are being commercialized to improve radiation detection and make adhesives and sealants safer.

January 5, 2015

Officials at a Chicago-based startup say innovations discovered in Purdue University’s School of Nuclear Engineering are being commercialized to address challenges in improving radiation detection and making sealants and adhesives safer.

Carbon Dioxide-Based Polycarbonate Polyols for Polyurethane Systems

PPC polyols are a sustainable, low-cost option with performance properties exceeding those of conventional polyols in polyurethane RHM adhesives.

Anna Cherian

November 1, 2014

Traditional polyurethane reactive hot-melt (RHM) adhesives make use of blends of polyester, polyether and, in rare cases, conventional petroleum-based polycarbonate polyols.