End User Features

Editor's Memo: Innovation Abounds

Voting is now open for the ASI Readers' Choice Awards!

September 1, 2015

I'm happy to announce that voting is now open for the ASI Readers’ Choice Awards! Over the past several months, we asked companies to submit their best-of-the-best innovative products for your consideration.

2015 ASI Top 25: Leading Worldwide Manufacturers of Adhesives and Sealants

August 3, 2015

This issue of Adhesives & Sealants Industry magazine brings the ASI Top 25, our exclusive ranking of the top 25 worldwide manufacturers of adhesives and sealants.

Ask Dr. Dave: Is it serious for end users if there are some lumps in a construction adhesive paste?

While the particles are not producing a performance problem, your customers may observe them and think m, your customers may observe them and think that something has changed in the formula.

August 3, 2015

Dave Dunn's August 2015 column.

Char in Hot-Melt Adhesives: Eliminating the Enemy

Best practices and procedures for char-proof hot-melt systems.

Mike Budai

August 3, 2015

If you are a hot-melt superhero and coating and laminating is your mission, you have one evil villain lurking around every corner: char.

Strategic Solutions: Adhesives and Sealants Market Overview and Outlook

Improving customer spending is expected to drive demand for consumer and packaging adhesives and sealants. consumer and packaging adhesives and sealants.

A. Todd Muhleman

August 3, 2015

The ChemQuest Group currently estimates the value of the global adhesives and sealants industry at approximately $51 billion, comprised of $44.5 million in adhesives and $6.2 billion in sealants.

Editor's Memo: ASI Top 25

Teresa McPherson

August 3, 2015

Welcome to the annual ASI Top 25 issue! The ASI Top 25 ranks the leading worldwide manufacturers of adhesives and sealants by revenue to provide readers with an overview of the top players in the industry.

Ask Dr. Dave: What type of adhesive should we use to replace mechanical fasteners for metal assembly?

Depending on your productivity and performance requirements, epoxies, acrylics or polyurethanes could be viable options.

July 1, 2015

Dave Dunn's July 2015 column.

Market Trends: China Is a Hot-Melt Adhesives Hot Spot

China's domestic market for hot-melt adhesives was around $1.62 billion in 2014, an increase of 11% from 2013.

July 1, 2015

From the construction of King Tut’s tomb during the time of the pharaohs, to ensuring the airtight bonding of planks while shipbuilding by the Romans, adhesives have served numerous applications -and made their mark on history.

Advancing Adhesives: Non-Toxic Solvents

Can "green" solvents be on a par with their conventional toxic counterparts?

July 1, 2015

The average person comes into contact with solvents - toxic substances that dissolve other substances - thousands of times each day without even thinking about them.

Handle with Care: Personnel Protection in the Adhesives and Sealants Industry

The personal protective equipment industry is staying ahead of worker safety and comfort with innovative new tools.

Srin Kuchibotla

July 1, 2015

Compliance in a chemical environment not only requires selecting the right personal protective equipment (PPE) for a variety of chemicals, but also must ensure that workers wear the equipment.