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Adhesives and Sealants Help Brands Achieve the Complete Package

Brands are exploring sustainable packaging as a means of increasing their appeal to environmentally conscious consumers.
Susan Sutton
Susan Sutton
May 21, 2021

Brands have long relied on their products’ packaging to draw the consumers’ eye and entice them to consider a purchase. But packaging has evolved beyond eye-catching graphics to encompass so much more, particularly as consumers continue to explore “green” products and services with the goal of helping to address climate change.


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APPLIED Adhesives Acquires Adhezion

Adhezion complements APPLIED Adhesives' customer focus and solution offerings.
May 20, 2021
APPLIED Adhesives recently announced its acquisition of Adhezion, a distributor of adhesive products and application equipment focused on the automotive and packaging markets in North America.
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Strategic Solutions

COVID-19 Impact on Global Shipping and Packaging Dynamics

The continued transition away from brick-and-mortar to ecommerce brings demand for packaging innovations that enable faster delivery and better content protection from shock or temperature variations.
Michael Rezai
May 19, 2021

The shift from brick-and-mortar to digital shopping had been under way for some time when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Since 2017, ecommerce revenues have risen from an estimated $1.4 trillion to $2.4 trillion, or about 2.7% of global output.


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Spencer Silver

Spencer Silver, Co-Inventor of 3M Post-it Notes, Dies at 80

Silver earned 37 patents during his time at 3M and won several awards, including the 1998 American Chemical Society Award for Creative Invention.
May 17, 2021
Spencer Silver, the inventor of the adhesive that would later become an integral part of 3M's Post-it® Notes, died Saturday, May 8, at his home in St. Paul, Minn.
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Dr. Dave
Ask Dr. Dave

Packaging Moisture-Sensitive Sealants

Can you recommend suitable materials for packaging a sealant that is sensitive to atmospheric moisture? Additionally, we can do accelerated humidity testing of filled packages, but how do we correlate these with shelf life?
Dave Dunn, Ph.D.
Dave Dunn Ph.D.
May 17, 2021

You can obviously package your moisture-sensitive sealant in glass or metal cans or tubes, which will totally prevent moisture ingress. Aluminum tubes are widely used for this type of product, as long as you have good crimps.


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