Adhesives & Sealants Industry Top Stories - Articles

Successful Converting with Pressure Sensitive Adhesives

Converters should partner with adhesive manufacturers that are committed to designing PSAs with properties that benefit the converting process.

Kathy Magyar

April 2, 2018

For nearly 100 years, pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) have been used in converting applications.

Ask Dr. Dave

What packaging materials do you recommend for moisture-sensitive reactive adhesives and sealants?

Dave Dunn's March 2018 column.

Dave Dunn Ph.D.

March 16, 2018

Packages are chosen based on performance and cost. Specialty materials like anaerobic adhesives need oxygen to maintain their stability and shelf life. These materials were traditionally packaged in low-density polyethylene tubes or bottles to allow air diffusion into the package.

Strategic Solutions

Beyond Adhesion

Disruptive innovation has impacted transportation applications of adhesives and sealants.

Aggie Lotz Daniel S. Murad

March 9, 2018

Broadly speaking, a market disruptor may include a technology, method, process, service, or channel with superior performance and customer benefits delivered at an attractive price point that can unexpectedly displace an incumbent. Porter’s Five Forces, created by Harvard Business School’s then-associate professor Michael E. Porter, Ph.D., has provided a framework for taking a “snapshot in time” of any potential threat to a business’ profits (not limited to a business losing its customers to an existing rival.

H.B. Fuller Announces Integration Related Restructuring Charges

These actions will reportedly result in pre-tax charges of $35 million to $40 million.

March 7, 2018

H.B. Fuller Co. recently announced it has approved a detailed plan associated with the integration of the Royal and H.B. Fuller businesses.

U.S. Chemical Production Has Soft Start

During January, chemical output reportedly fell in all regions.

March 6, 2018

The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) fell 0.4% in January, following a 2.2% gain in December, and a 1.8% gain in November.

Lots to See and Do at the ASC Annual Spring Convention and Expo

Innovation and advanced technologies will be among the key topics at the ASC Annual Spring Convention and Expo.

Teresa McPherson

March 5, 2018

Some 700 industry leaders from 300 companies are here for the ASC Annual Spring Convention and Expo in Miami!

Indianapolis to Host American Coatings Show

March 1, 2018

At the last American Coatings Show event in 2016, more than 9,100 industry attendees and 559 exhibitors shared knowledge about recent developments in raw materials, laboratory and production equipment, testing and measuring equipment, and services for the coatings industry.

High-Accuracy Filling Equipment and Automation Improves Production Operations

One of the most underrated and miscalculated factors in production is filling accuracy and its significant impact on ROI and annual savings.

March 1, 2018

The U.S. reduction of the federal corporate tax rate from 37% to 21% starting in 2018, paired with new federal tax rules, 1 are accelerating plans for automation and modernization in U.S. factories by giving manufacturers incentive to buy new machinery and boost productivity.

Nanomaterials in the Workplace

Where do adhesives and sealants manufacturers’ responsibilities lie when nanomaterials are used in the production process?

Ian Marshall Ben Grebot Caroline Raine

March 1, 2018

In a recent survey, the UK’s National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC) asked its clients and stakeholders whether they or their employees were concerned of the risk that nanomaterials may pose to their workforce. Almost a quarter of responders to the question replied that they were.

Dental Adhesive Market to Rise 6%

Europe is expected to be the largest dental adhesive market during the forecast period.

March 1, 2018

The dental adhesives market is projected to grow from $1.92 billion in 2017 to $2.57 billion by 2022, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.02% between 2017 and 2022.