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Extra Corrosion Protection in Sealants

Tests are being done to check the long-term performance of the coated materials by exposing them to rapidly changing temperatures in a time-compressed form.

March 14, 2018

A team of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, along with the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, are working on developing a cost-effective coating based on renewable raw materials.

PELSEAL TECHNOLOGIES: One-Part Coating

This company recently introduced PLV2020, a Viton™-based formulation in an aerosol spray can.

March 13, 2018

Stepan Expands Georgia Facility

The expansion will reportedly add an additional 20% of polyester resin manufacturing output to the existing manufacturing capabilities.

March 13, 2018

Stepan recently announce the capacity expansion of its Columbus, Ga., facility.

Chew Appointed Western Specialty Contractors Account Manager

In this role, Chew will assist in the company's efforts to identify, establish and develop relationships with large, multi-location customers.

March 13, 2018

Western Specialty Contractors has hired Jillian Chew as national account program manager.

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Henkel’s Adhesive Electronics Receives Awards

Each product is evaluated on challenging metrics.

March 12, 2018

Henkel recently announced its adhesive electronics division has received two trophies in the annual awards contest.

Ingevity Completes Acquisition of Georgia-Pacific’s Pine Chemicals Business

The company has also entered into a 20-year, market-based crude tall oil supply contract with certain of Georgia-Pacific’s paper mill operations.

March 12, 2018

Ingevity Corp. recently announced it has completed the acquisition of Georgia-Pacific’s pine chemicals business for a cash purchase price of $310 million.

Strategic Solutions

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.

Nordson MARCH Receives New Product Introduction Award

The system is used for plasma applications.

March 9, 2018

Nordson MARCH has received a 2018 New Product Introduction (NPI) award in the Surface Treatment category for its RollVIA™ plasma system.

Huber’s Fire Retardant Additives Business to Significantly Expand Capacity

The new capacity will reportedly be phased in several steps with the first incremental volumes scheduled to become available in the second half of 2019.

March 9, 2018

The Fire Retardant Additives (FRA) business unit recently announced plans to increase production capacity at its Martinswerk Plant in Bergheim, Germany.