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Henkel Collaboration Enables Remote Monitoring of COVID-19 Patients

The “COVID-19 smart patch” was developed for skin-friendly medical use and contains electrodes and conductive inks to register vital signs.

April 29, 2020

In collaboration with six medical and technology companies, Henkel has developed a smart health patch that allows continuous, remote, and wireless monitoring of patients’ heartbeat and respiration.

Avery Dennison Performance Polymers website

AVERY DENNISON PERFORMANCE POLYMERS: Updated Website

Avery Dennison reports that the site is designed for everyone from engineers to buyers in companies that manufacture pressure-sensitive products used in automotive, building and construction, electronics, general industrial, graphics and signage, labels and packaging, and medical applications.

April 28, 2020

Avery Dennison Performance Polymers has launched a more dynamic website with enhanced functionality and improved product selection and search features.

Changing the Packaging Landscape with Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

Adhesive manufacturers are developing new technologies that converters can present to their packaged goods customers and enable them to capture more market share.

Chris Blackwell

April 1, 2020

Pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) continue to gain traction in the broad category of packaging. PSAs are rapidly changing the way goods are packaged and delivered to consumers in traditional retail and via ecommerce.

Mussel Polymers Licenses Underwater Adhesive Technology from Purdue Research Foundation

Called poly(catechol-styrene), the adhesive was engineered to mimic the glue that mussels naturally use to attach to substrates in the ocean.

March 26, 2020

Mussel Polymers Inc. (MPI), a startup created by technology development company Wardenclyffe Chemicals Inc., has licensed patented underwater adhesive technology from the Purdue Research Foundation.

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BASF Builds Massive Interest with Construction Chemicals Divestment

Readers were drawn to another big divestment last week, as BASF announced an agreement to sell its Construction Chemicals Business.

January 13, 2020

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3M Divestment Leads the News

Readers last week were most drawn to 3M’s announcement regarding the divestment of much of its drug delivery business.

Susan Sutton

January 6, 2020

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3M to Divest Substantially All of Its Drug Delivery Business to Altaris Capital Partners

3M will retain its transdermal drug delivery components business.

December 23, 2019

3M recently announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of its drug delivery business to an affiliate of Altaris Capital Partners, LLC.

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Dow R&D 100 Awards Garner Most Reader Interest

News from Dow regarding its R&D 100 awards drew the most reader interest last week.

Susan Sutton

December 2, 2019

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EpoxySet to Feature Award-Nominated, Delay-Cure Adhesive at MD&M WEST

The one-part epoxy can reportedly be activated by UV or blue light from 365-405 nm with an intensity of about 150 mW/cm2 for 5-10 sec.

November 22, 2019

EpoxySet Inc. recently announced that it will showcase its FLASHBOND UV-5608DC delay-cure epoxy at MD&M West, which will be held February 11-13, 2020, in Anaheim, Calif.

Vancive Medical Technologies and Finesse Medical Rebranded as Avery Dennison Medical

The new Avery Dennison Medical brand is being showcased, along with eight new products, at this week’s 2019 Medica International Trade Fair in Düsseldorf, Germany.

November 19, 2019

Avery Dennison Corp. recently announced that its medical businesses—Vancive Medical Technologies and Finesse Medical Ltd.—have been rebranded as Avery Dennison Medical.