Many adhesives industry workers are likely to feel new pressure to join a union whether or not the Employee Free Choice Act, which passed the full House of Representatives earlier this year, becomes law.
Many biodegradable polymers are suited for adhesive applications, such as environmentally friendly packaging, recyclable envelope adhesives and biomedical devices.
Significant advances have been made over the past 20 years in the development of biodegradable polymers. These materials have been developed in a variety of forms, and thus have potential use in a range of industries, including adhesives.
Phenolic resins have been a crucial part of solventborne polychloroprene adhesives for more than 50 years, and provide performance enhancements that allow these adhesives to be used in very demanding applications. They are made by reacting a phenolic resin with magnesium oxide to form a metal resinate, and they are commonly referred to as “contact cements.”
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