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BROOKFIELD ENGINEERING: 90° Peel Fixture

July 2, 2013

The new 90° peel fixture is now available for use with this company’s CT3 tester, designed to measure the adhesion force between two materials.

Low-Volatile Pure Monomer Resins

Several new low-volatile pure monomer resins with varying softening points have been developed in response to general demand for low-VOC raw materials.

P. Rajesh Raja, Ph.D. Wei-Min Cheng, Ph.D.

July 1, 2013

Pure monomer resins (PMRs) are produced from pure aromatic monomer streams, especially styrene and alkyl styrene derivatives.

Greenawalt Appointed Berry Plastics Executive VP–Operations

June 28, 2013

Greenawalt assumes his new role on July 1, in connection with the retirement of Randall (Randy) Becker as the company’s chief operating officer.

tesa tape Named Green Supplier of the Year

June 25, 2013

tesa tape recently announced it has been named Green Supplier of the Year by automotive supplier Yazaki North America. tesa tape was reportedly chosen from Yazaki’s top 103 suppliers in North and Central America.

Avery DennisonÃ¢â¬â¢s Car Wrap Films Featured on TV Show

Avery Dennison’s Car Wrap Films Featured on “West Coast Customs”

June 20, 2013

A new Fox Sports television series will feature Avery Dennison vehicle wrap films and overlaminates.

Eastman Film Receives GreenTag Certification

June 13, 2013

Eastman Chemical Co. recently announced that its EnerLogic® 35 low-e window film has received EcoSpecifier Global GreenTag certification.

Avery Dennison’s Heimbach Receives 2013 PSTC Dahlquist Award

June 12, 2013

The Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC) recently announced it has named Kyle Heimbach, an R&D chemist at Avery Dennison Materials Group, the recipient of its 2013 Carl Dahlquist Award.

3M: Recycled Corrugate Tape

June 7, 2013

This company is continuing to expand its line of Scotch^® recycled corrugate tape with the addition of 3072, an industrial packaging tape designed to deliver performance on today’s corrugated boxes.

Advancing Adhesives: Physicist Develops New Silicone Rubber

The new material may find applications as a packaging tape, as a shoe insole, as padding for prosthetics, and much more.

Fariss Samarrai

June 3, 2013

If anything bothers University of Virginia physicist Lou Bloomfield, it’s a wobbly table. So much so that he actually invented a material to eliminate the problem. The material, a type of silicone rubber that is both rigid and fluid—a “viscoelastic” solid—can be placed under a table leg where it conforms to the shape of the leg bottom and the floor surface, perfectly filling the gap.

SHURTAPE: Packaging Tape

June 3, 2013

The new HP 235 packaging tape is a standard-gauge tape solution that can reportedly deliver better performance and adhesion on highly recycled corrugate.