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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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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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Developing Sustainable Packaging Solutions

Recycling and recyclability are key factors that sustainable packaging producer EcoEnclose considers when developing ecommerce packaging solutions.
Susan Sutton
Susan Sutton
May 14, 2021

Many industries have struggled due to the impact of COVID-19, but ecommerce certainly isn’t one of them. eMarketer reports that retail ecommerce sales alone grew 27.6% globally in 2020, to reach nearly $4.3 trillion.


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Berry Global Raises Guidance on Strong Fiscal Second Quarter Results

Net sales growth is primarily attributed to increased selling prices due to the pass through of higher resin costs, organic volume growth, and favorable impact from foreign currency changes.
May 13, 2021
Berry Global Group, Inc. recently reported its second fiscal quarter 2021 results, including a 13% increase in net sales, to $3.4 billion, compared to the fiscal second quarter of 2020.
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Awards

Dow Wins Six 2021 Edison Awards

The company received five gold awards and one silver award.
May 12, 2021
Six technologies from Dow have been selected from hundreds of nominees to be recognized with prestigious Edison Awards.
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Modernizing Assembly Lines with UV LED Curing

Adhesive bonding, sealing, and coating processes in factory assembly lines are rapidly upgrading to UV LED curing technology.
Jake Chaney Stacy Hoge
May 12, 2021

Ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diode (LED) curing technology offers significant advantages compared to traditional mercury UV curing. As a result, adhesive bonding, sealing, and coating processes in factory assembly lines are rapidly upgrading to UV LED curing technology.


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