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Pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) have become more popular in demanding tape and label applications.

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2019, co-located with Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2019, will be held September 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev. Produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the shows’ 2,000 exhibiting companies will host an expected 30,000 attendees across the 900,000-sq-ft (net) exhibit floor, including 5,000 international visitors from more than 125 countries.

Summer is coming to an end. A lucky few of you are finishing up home renovation projects, while the rest of us are putting them off until next year.

As adhesives become more prevalent and accepted in industry, the more varied the formulations have become—and by corollary, the more diverse the curing mechanisms.

Reversible adhesion inspired by the gecko has attracted attention in applications such as biomedical masks, climbing robots, transfer printing, and pressure-sensitive adhesives.

Acrylics such as tough acrylics and anaerobics are routinely used at 150˚C in situations like automotive under-the-hood applications.

Raw materials used in the manufacturing of adhesives and sealants represent a small yet important part of the global chemical industry.

Over a long career, I have worked with several adhesive and sealant technologies and have tried many of them at home.

Based in the UK’s West Midlands, Mackwell Electronics provides technology solutions for the global lighting industry.

In response to environmental concerns, many industries are moving from protective coating products containing solvents to 100% solid epoxies and urethanes.