Finished Adhesives and Sealants

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How do you make adhesives for electronics, vehicles, and construction tougher? By making them weaker.

Consumers expect the food industry to provide safe products that comply with the latest regulations. FEICA, the Association of the European Adhesive and Sealant Industry, recommends avoiding the use of epoxy silanes in food contact applications, and the European Union is expected to set new limits during the course of this year. These limits will require complex testing methods that lead to challenges for converters and packaging manufacturers.

Ashland Global Holdings Inc. recently provided an update for its preliminary fiscal 2020 second quarter financial results and its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

IPC, the global electronics manufacturing industry association, recently sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging them to launch a trilateral initiative to mobilize industrial base support for the continuing medical response related to COVID-19. 

Meeting the technical and product needs of customers can be very challenging, especially if R&D resources are constrained or you do not have the right in-house expertise to deliver a timely response.

Styrene-isoprene-styrene polymers can be used to eliminate the need for end-block resins in elastic laminate bonding applications.

Reflecting the growing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes plunged 42 points in April, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).