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Edge Adhesives Acquisition 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 31, 2014

News that Edge Adhesives had been acquired by a group of buyers drew the most reader interest last week.

Edge Adhesives Acquired

March 19, 2014

Grace Matthews Inc. and Superior Capital Partners recently announced that Edge Adhesives has been acquired.

ADCHEM CORP.: Acrylic Tape

March 19, 2014

A new, high caliper acrylic adhesive double-sided PET tape is now available.

Previewing the Adhesive and Sealant Council's Spring Convention and Expo

The event will provide attendees with an in-depth look at major trends and research in the adhesives and sealants industry.

March 1, 2014

The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) Spring Convention and Expo will welcome hundreds of visitors from around the world for the 2014 event, which will be held April 28-30 at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Fla.

Lignin in the Laboratory

The use of lignin could bring about a green, cost-effective way to develop adhesives and sealants.

Dale Mitchell

March 1, 2014

A new source of lignin has been developed that produces a consistent quality for commercial quantities.

Dibenzoate Plasticizers in Waterborne Acrylic PSAs

New blends of dibenzoates have recently been introduced for adhesives and other applications.

William Arendt Emily McBride Marianne M. Conner

March 1, 2014

Plasticizers are normally used in polymeric systems to soften or to improve the processability of a composition.

FLEXCON: Mounting Adhesive

December 19, 2013

FLEXmount® V-606BK is a black permanent mounting adhesive.

PPG Aerospace Tape Qualifies to Aerospace Specification

December 6, 2013

PPG Industries’ Aerospace business recently announced that its PRC^®FIP strip form-in-place sealant tape has qualified to SAE International’s Aerospace Material Specification 3379.

Transposable Adhesives: Acrylic Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives with Reactive Components

This paper was awarded the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council’s 2013 Carl A. Dahlquist Award for Best Technical Paper.

Kyle R. Heimbach

November 1, 2013

Pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) have been an integral part of many industries that require the bonding of two or more materials.

Advancing Adhesives: Prefab Houses are Taped - Not Nailed - Together

An adhesive tape has been developed to hold the individual components together.

November 1, 2013

A finished house stands on what just a few days ago was an empty green field. Such a feat is possible due to components that are industrially prefabricated in a manufacturing plant for finished parts and then simply need to be assembled on the building site, also known as prefabricated houses.