Sustainability - Articles - Page 49 | Adhesives & Sealants Industry

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Huntsman’s European Polyurethanes Plants Achieve Mass Balance Certification

March 8, 2023

Huntsman’s manufacturing facilities in Rotterdam and Wilton, United Kingdom, have achieved the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS) for mass balance following audits by Bureau Veritas.

Arkema Celebrates Sustainable Castor Farming in India

March 8, 2023

Arkema's high-performance polymers business hosted its major global customers in the castor bean fields of Gujarat, India, home to more than 80% of global castor crop production, from February 26-28, 2023.

Chemical Industry Innovates Amid Logistics, Labor, and Raw Materials Challenges

How are leaders in the chemical industry addressing the issues challenging the supply chain and raw materials landscape?

Karen Parker

March 7, 2023

ASI reached out to adhesive and sealant raw materials suppliers to get their thoughts on the current state of the specialty chemicals industry.

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H.B. Fuller Joins RecyClass

March 6, 2023

The initiative brings together the entire plastics value chain to optimize plastic packaging recyclability and recycled plastic uptake while promoting the traceability of plastic waste and recycled plastic content in the European region.

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SBTi Validates DIC Corp. and Sun Chemical’s Emissions Reduction Targets

March 3, 2023

The greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets of Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC Corp., have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

From the editor

Hitting Fast Forward with Digitalization

Digitization makes huge amounts of data available for technologies like artificial intelligence to flourish; it also makes such data available to hostile forces.

Karen Parker

February 27, 2023

Digital tools can help when analyzing and managing the creation of a more transparent supply chain, optimizing manufacturing and customer interface, tracking and managing use, creating a more circular life for chemical products.

Solvay Launches ISCC PLUS Certified Mass Balance Specialty Chemicals

February 24, 2023

Solvay announced that the production of its hydroquinone (HQ) and hydroquinone monomethylether (MeHQ) in France has been accredited to comply with the mass balance accounting regime of the ISCC PLUS system.

Packaging System Lowers Carbon Footprint and Reduces Waste

Mixing-technologies provider partners with contract-filling company to offer filling services for sustainable two-component packaging.

February 21, 2023

This sustainable packaging solutions for adhesives and sealants used in industrial applications is helping companies reduce their carbon footprint.

Upcycling Glassine Liners

Fedrigoni Group has developed a processes whereby it collects siliconized glassine liner waste material and reuses it to create decorative labels.

Karen Parker

February 14, 2023

Fedrigoni Group has launched Re-Play™, a product range of upcycled self-adhesive materials that are made from the upcycling of siliconized glassine liner materials.

Adhesive Systems Optimize Heat Dissipation in EV Batteries

Liquid adhesive systems offer an alternative to silicone-based pads to dissipate heat generated in electric vehicle battery cells.

February 9, 2023

Liquid adhesive systems developed to be used as thermal interface materials for EV battery cells offer better surface wetting and can also be used as structural adhesives.