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TEC®Products Endorsed for Use with Porcelain Panels

October 14, 2013

TEC recently announced that its products have been endorsed by Crossville for use with its Laminam^®by Crossville^®line of large thin porcelain panels.

Lifeboat Bonded with Scott Bader Adhesives Sets Freefall Record

October 14, 2013

Scott Bader recently announced that Umoe Schat-Harding Equipment AS (USH) has achieved another freefall record for its rapid evacuation freefall (FF) class lifeboats with a lifeboat bonded with Crystic® Crestomer® structural adhesive.

DOW CORNING: Thermally Conductive Adhesives

October 11, 2013

Two new thermally conductive adhesives have been developed by this company to enable the design of more compact, reliable and higher performing automotive electronics assemblies.

AkzoNobel Completes Sale of Building Adhesives Business to Sika

October 11, 2013

AkzoNobel recently announced it has finalized the €260 million (~ $352 million) divestment of its Building Adhesives business to Sika AG.

Henkel Announces Sustainability Collaboration with Chemical Companies

October 10, 2013

Henkel recently announced it has joined forces with five additional chemical companies in a new collaborative initiative, “Together for Sustainability.”

Housing Markets Back to Normal in 52 Metro Areas

October 9, 2013

Housing markets in 52 out of the approximately 350 metro areas nationwide have now returned to or exceeded their pre-recessionary levels of activity.

Top 5 News that Sticks

H.B. Fuller’s New North American Packaging Center is of Major Interest

This weekly roundup highlights the news stories that garnered the most attention during the previous week.

Susan Sutton

October 7, 2013

H.B. Fuller’s announcement regarding a new North American customer-focused packaging center was big news last week.

3M: Low-Odor Acrylic Adhesives

October 7, 2013

3M™ Scotch-Weld™ low-odor acrylic adhesives DP8805NS and DP8810NS can reportedly provide dramatic improvements over conventional high-odor acrylics.

Huntsman Opens Technology Center in Shanghai

October 4, 2013

Huntsman Corp. recently announced the opening of its new Asia Pacific Technology Center (ATC) in Shanghai’s Minhang Economic & Technological Development Zone.

ACC: U.S. Economy Continues to Improve

October 4, 2013

The U.S. economy continues to improve, with forecasts now suggesting economic expansion into 2015, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) monthly Chemical Activity Barometer.