Adhesives & Sealants Headlines

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Creates Materials Science and Engineering Research Facility

The facility was designed to support education and research efforts across all materials science and engineering-related disciplines.

May 4, 2018

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments has partnered with the University of North Florida to establish the Materials Science and Engineering Research Facility (MSERF).

FEICA Updates Adhesives and Sealants Use Map

The FEICA use map reportedly provides a standardized overview of the most common adhesives and sealants uses.

May 3, 2018

FEICA has published an updated version of its use map packages.

Global Chemicals Production Ends First Quarter on a Soft Note

During March, production gains were in North America, the Former Soviet Union, and Africa and Middle East, with weakness elsewhere.

May 3, 2018

Data collected and tabulated by the American Chemistry Council show that the global chemical industry ended the first quarter on a soft note.

Bostik Announces Price Increases

Hurricane Harvey’s impact in particular has triggered rising feedstock and logistics costs as the U.S. supply chain continues to reset itself.

May 2, 2018

Bostik recently announced it will increase prices on U.S. industrial product orders with a requested delivery date of May 1 or later.

DuPont, ADM Open World’s First Bio-Based FDME Facility

The plant is reportedly the centerpiece of a long-standing collaboration.

May 2, 2018

DuPont Industrial Biosciences and Archer Daniels Midland Co. recently announced the opening of the world’s first biobased furan dicarboxylic methyl ester (FDME) pilot production facility.