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Avery Dennison Performance Tapes has announced plans to expand its Painesville, Ohio, manufacturing facility by approximately 32,000 sq ft.

In a recent IPC industry survey and report, 24% of electronic manufacturers say the costs and burdens of compliance with Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification may force them out of the U.S. Department of Defense’s supply chain.

Within its Adhesive Technologies business unit, Henkel’s Global Operations and Supply Chain organization has put sustainability goals for its operations into action.

3M recently announced its latest addition to a new class of silicone adhesives that reportedly balances strength, flexibility, and comfort—the 2484 3M™ Single Coated Medical Film Tape with Hi-Tack Silicone Adhesive on Liner.

The contract packaging and contract manufacturing (CP/CM) industry is currently worth $75.6 billion and projected to continue growing at two times the pace of the sectors it serves, according to the Contract Packaging Association’s (CPA) recently released “2021 State of the Industry Report.”

Master Bond Supreme 70CN is a two-part epoxy adhesive formulated using a natural, renewable, and sustainable ingredient.

The Manufacturing Leadership Council, a division of the National Association of Manufacturers, recently named Dow 2021 Manufacturer of the Year, Large Enterprise.

Purdue University chemists are studying shellfish to develop new, safer, and more sustainable adhesives for uses ranging from bandages and medical applications to clothing, household items, electronics, and more. Humans have been trying to stick things to other things for millennia. But shellfish have been doing it for eons longer, and they are far better at it than humans.