Pressure-sensitive adhesive technologies have evolved to the point that tapes are in a position to replace traditional bonding systems in multiple applications.
I'm writing this column in the midst of a very busy week. Sometime between conference calls and podcast recordings, I realized how little time I now need to spend on tasks that—even just a few years ago—took up the majority of my day.
This company has launched a new industrial lineup of five “go to” masking tapes entitled “Masking Made Simple,” with products ranging from 101+ to 501+.
Several new low-volatile pure monomer resins with varying softening points have been developed in response to general demand for low-VOC raw materials.
tesa tape recently announced it has been named Green Supplier of the Year by automotive supplier Yazaki North America. tesa tape was reportedly chosen from Yazaki’s top 103 suppliers in North and Central America.
This company is continuing to expand its line of Scotch® recycled corrugate tape with the addition of 3072, an industrial packaging tape designed to deliver performance on today’s corrugated boxes.
If anything bothers University of Virginia physicist Lou Bloomfield, it’s a wobbly table. So much so that he actually invented a material to eliminate the problem. The material, a type of silicone rubber that is both rigid and fluid—a “viscoelastic” solid—can be placed under a table leg where it conforms to the shape of the leg bottom and the floor surface, perfectly filling the gap.
The new HP 235 packaging tape is a standard-gauge tape solution that can reportedly deliver better performance and adhesion on highly recycled corrugate.
