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MAPEI Starnet Design Award

MAPEI Wins Gold at 2020 Starnet Design Awards

Celebrating the partnerships between members, vendor partners, and the architecture and design community, the Starnet Design Awards showcase a wide array of floor-covering projects.
MAPEI recently announced that it received several honors at the 2020 Starnet Design Awards.
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IPC and Automotive Industry Action Group Enhance Partnership Agreement

With electronic systems expected to reach 50% of the total car cost by 2030, electronics companies are of critical importance in the automotive supply chain.
To reinforce the importance of quality in process and manufacturing, standardization for supply chain effectiveness, and industry advancement, IPC and the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) recently renewed their cooperative agreement.
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Pressure-Sensitive Tape Solutions for Electronics

Designs for consumer electronics continue to evolve, and pressure-sensitive tape manufacturers are addressing those changing needs with products that go beyond simple bonding.
Tom Epple
Thomas C. Epple
As the marketplace for consumer electronics devices becomes more sophisticated, the adhesive products that hold them together have to be just as versatile and multifunctional. Consumers have demanded their devices get sleeker, more powerful, and lighter, putting demands on manufacturers.
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Evonik low VOC additive

EVONIK: Low-VOC Additive for Coatings

In addition to lower VOC content and improved product labeling, SURFYNOL 104 Z defoams, wets, improves leveling, and has no negative impact on the formulation.

Evonik’s Coating Additives business line recently announced a new-generation SURFYNOL 104 Z additive that contains virtually no volatile organic compounds (VOCs).


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Awards

FEICA/EURADH Announce Winner of the 2020 Adhesion Innovation Award

For the 2020 edition of the biannual award, 10 candidates submitted papers in innovative adhesion science, and the EURADH jury examined each one for everything from scientific impact to practical application.
The winner of the second FEICA/EURADH Adhesion Innovation Award is Elisa Arikan for her paper on “Structural Adhesive Bonding of Polymers-Surface Characteristics and Adhesion Mechanism.”
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Nouryon Completes Organic Peroxides Expansion in Brazil

The Brazil expansion is the latest in a series of investments Nouryon has made to strengthen its Polymer Catalysts business, which includes organic peroxides and metal alkyls.
Nouryon recently announced that it has completed a project to more than double capacity for organic peroxides at its plant in Itupeva, Brazil.
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What Are Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives and Tapes?

A variety of adhesive chemistries and tape formats can be combined to help ensure that a specific tape satisfies a specific need.
Anthony Cotter
Anthony Cotter

The Pressure Sensitive Tape Council defines a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) as requiring two things: aggressive and permanent tack, and adhesion with finger pressure. This simple definition makes the concept of a PSA easy for anyone to understand.


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Mactac Arctic cold temperature tapes

MACTAC: Cold-Temperature Tapes

According to Mactac, Macbond Arctic provides superior adhesive performance for a wide range of temperatures (-65 to 150˚F).

Mactac Industrial Tapes recently announced the launch of a new cold-temperature industrial tape line, Macbond Arctic.


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residential construction

Builder Confidence Surges in June as Housing Rebound is Underway

All of the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index indices posted gains in June.

In a sign that housing stands poised to lead a post-pandemic economic recovery, builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes jumped 21 points to 58 in June, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).


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