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The restoration of a curtain wall at Accenture Tower, an award-winning office and retail property in Chicago, includes the use of silicone sealants and silicone extrusion tape from DOW Corning Corp.

Air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) and internal gear pumps can be the best option for the application of cornstarch glue when manufacturing cardboard sheets.

Themed “Thinking Ahead, Bonding Together,” the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council’s (PSTC’s) second annual Tape Week delivered innovative solutions to challenges facing the industry.

Innovation, growth, and success seem to go hand in hand; the most innovative clients have the highest levels of growth, profitability, employee engagement, and success.

Selecting the right type of adhesive can help ensure the successful operation of the component or device while maximizing yields and throughput.

Digital strategy and all of its semantic offshoots should serve as implementation tools for your overall corporate strategy, but it can be difficult to know where to start when developing such a strategy.

The emerging trend towards the use of more wood in construction is one way the industry is responding to demands from consumers for more sustainable building practices, and adhesives are key to that trend.

Using the mass balance approach, H.B. Fuller and Covestro teamed up to produce a new adhesive product that allows customers in the woodworking, composites, textile, and automotive sectors to reduce the carbon footprint of their own products, cutting fossil resource use.

When considering potting of electronic assemblies and components, the design of these products has a significant impact on economical and sustainable production.

With several factors to consider, selecting the correct pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape for an application can be a daunting and complex. Here are a few questions to consider when beginning the decision-making process.