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Ford to Build New Electric Vehicle Mega-Campus in Tennessee, Battery Plants in Kentucky

The facilities will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles.

September 30, 2021

Ford Motor Co. recently announced plans to bring electric vehicles at scale to American customers with two new environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky.

CREATIVE MATERIALS: Coating and Encapsulant

Applications include electronics, automotive manufacturing, shipbuilding, aerospace, military, and telecommunication.

September 28, 2021

Creative Materials recently introduced 111-27, an electrically insulating, thermally curing, colorless coating and encapsulant that can be applied by different methods.

Arkema Acquires Stake in Battery Producer Verkor

Arkema contributed several million euros to Verkor’s recent €100 million (approximately $118.7 million) round of fundraising.

July 14, 2021

Arkema recently announced that it has become a shareholder and technological partner of Verkor, a French startup specializing in the production of high-performance batteries.

MASTER BOND: Low-Outgassing Epoxy

As a toughened system, this epoxy resists thermal cycling and is ideal for bonding dissimilar substrates.

June 22, 2021

Master Bond Supreme 70CN is a two-part epoxy adhesive formulated using a natural, renewable, and sustainable ingredient.

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Market Dynamics for North American Sealants

Through 2019, the building and construction market was a sealants volume leader, followed by assembly operations and transportation.

Aggie Lotz

August 17, 2020

The wide use of dissimilar substrate materials driving the selection of sealants was reported in The Adhesive and Sealant Council’s “2017-2020 North American Market Report for Adhesives and Sealants with a Global Overview.”

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B-Staged Epoxy Meets Airbus Standards for Flame Retardancy and Toxicity

Adhesives and sealants must meet stringent requirements for use in aircraft and other applications.

June 17, 2020

Master Bond EP36FR is a specialized one-part epoxy that meets Airbus specifications for toxic gas emissions per AITM 3.0005, Issue 2 in the flaming mode and Section 7.4 of ABD0031, Issue F.

SIKA CORP.: Easy-to-Remove Elastic Butyl Sealant

Recommended applications for SikaLastomer-714 include the sealing of bolt-in parts to vehicle flanges (i.e., truck sliders), as well as the sealing of gaskets to various substrate materials.

March 12, 2020

Sika Corp. recently introduced its SikaLastomer-714 butyl sealant for the U.S. transportation aftermarket.

Luxury Vehicle Market to See Strong Growth through 2023

Increasing demand for luxury vans and buses, as well as electrified vehicles, is positively impacting the market.

June 17, 2019

A recent market research study projects the global luxury vehicle market to grow at a CAGR of more than 12% from 2019-2023.

Ford’s Mikula to Keynote 2019 ASSEMBLY Show

During his keynote presentation, Mikula will discuss how Ford is using state-of-the-art production tools and processes to make the vehicles of tomorrow.

June 7, 2019

Michael Mikula, chief engineer for Advanced Manufacturing at Ford Motor Co., will give the keynote address at The ASSEMBLY Show, which will be held October 22-24 in Rosemont, Ill.

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Beyond Adhesion

Disruptive innovation has impacted transportation applications of adhesives and sealants.

Aggie Lotz Daniel S. Murad

March 9, 2018

Broadly speaking, a market disruptor may include a technology, method, process, service, or channel with superior performance and customer benefits delivered at an attractive price point that can unexpectedly displace an incumbent. Porter’s Five Forces, created by Harvard Business School’s then-associate professor Michael E. Porter, Ph.D., has provided a framework for taking a “snapshot in time” of any potential threat to a business’ profits (not limited to a business losing its customers to an existing rival.