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No matter what you call them—RFQs, RFPs, online auctions, reverse auctions or bids—they all spell bad news for the adhesives and sealants industry. These exercises will ultimately do irreparable harm to the industry as a whole.

Wouldn’t it be great if doing the right thing automatically brought big rewards?

On a daily basis, television, newspaper, and radio fill their programming with “experts” who are all too eager to prognosticate where the stock market will be in 12 months, how quickly the sea will rise in the next 100 years, or who will win the Super Bowl and why.

We manufacture prepolymers with an isocyanate content of 15-20% NCO using a variety of diphenylmethane-based isocyanates and polyether polyols.

"What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step toward something better.” – Wendell Phillips, Abolitionist

It’s unofficially known as the “granddaddy” of adhesive volatile organic compound (VOC) rules.

Welcome to our annual Raw Materials, Chemicals, Polymers and Additives Handbook.

 It’s important to understand that the term polyurethane covers a wide range of systems. 

 Both types of adhesives are very versatile; the choice depends on your operating environments and manufacturing situation. 

In August 2013, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) reported a backlog of 591,665 patent applications waiting to be examined and an average total pendency (time from filing to end of examination) of 29.4 months.