Sika Acquires Adhesives Manufacturer June 3, 2014 Sika recently announced it is acquiring Klebag Chemie AG, a manufacturer of adhesives for the sealing, bonding and flooring markets.Read More
Advancing Adhesives: Formulating Sealants that Retain Adhesion to Concrete in Wet Conditions A new prepolymer-based sealant provides improved adhesion to concrete under wet conditions without a primer. Misty Huang Bruce Barbera Vikram Kumar May 1, 2014 Concrete is one of the basic materials used to build our modern world, with applications in civil, commercial and residential constructions.Read More
New Home Sales Drop 3% in February April 2, 2014 Sales of newly built, single-family homes fell 3.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 440,000 units in February.Read More
W. R. MEADOWS: Waterproofing Compound March 25, 2014 HYDRALASTIC 836 is a new cold-applied, solvent-free, single-component waterproofing compound.Read More
Top 5 News that Sticks MAPEI Rebranding Effort is Top News This weekly roundup highlights the adhesives, sealants and coatings news stories that garnered the most attention during the previous week. Susan Sutton March 10, 2014 Last week, readers were most interested in MAPEI’s rebranding efforts.Read More
Adhesives and Sealants Can Benefit as New Homes are Getting Larger March 7, 2014 Though the average size of new homes keeps getting bigger, there is more to this home buying trend than meets the eye.Read More
Top 5 News that Sticks Readers Most Interested in Sika Automotive Personnel News This weekly roundup highlights the adhesives, sealants and coatings news stories that garnered the most attention during the previous week. Susan Sutton March 3, 2014 News regarding personnel at Sika Automotive drew the most interest last week.Read More
Case Study: Polyurethane Sealants Lead to Energy Savings Bridging the gaps in a building can bring significant heating and cooling savings. Jay A. Johnston Ph.D. Shen Tian George Z. Pavlovich March 1, 2014 Fourteen tubes of polyurethane sealant and an older suburban Western Pennsylvania home made for a perfect fit to seal in noteworthy energy savings.Read More
More Housing Markets Recover in February February 28, 2014 Markets in 58 out of the approximately 350 metro areas nationwide returned to or exceeded their last normal levels of economic and housing activity.Read More
MAPEI Announces Rebranding February 27, 2014 Starting this year, the new Mapei’s World image will be used by MAPEI Americas for all forms of communication.Read More