H.B. Fuller’s Senior Vice President of Global R&D, Xinyu Du, shares how the company’s innovation strategy is advancing sustainability, automation, and customer collaboration to shape the future of adhesives and sealants.
The annual ASI Top 20 list includes leading global adhesive and sealant manufacturers, as well as providers of related products such as tapes and labels.
Like almost every manufacturing sector, the building and construction products industry generally worked through their backlog, focused on margins, and experienced an overall drop in customer demand last year, yet expect a positive year ahead.
With growing awareness of environmental issues and stringent regulations, manufacturers are increasing their focus on balancing performance and sustainability in tape formulations.
Engineers from MIT and Freie Universität Berlin have developed a new type of glue that combines the waterproof stickiness of mussels' plaques with the germ-proof properties of mucus.