Scott Bader advanced materials are used in the prize-winning Hyundai Intrado
August 3, 2015
JEC Composites recently gave its JEC 2015 Jury Prize to Hyundai and chassis designer Axon Automotive (part of Far-UK Ltd.) for the Intrado hydrogen-powered crossover car.
Adhesives, sealants, and their hybrids are crucial for many industries in which weight and performance must be balanced and tradeoffs limited, such as automotive, aerospace, and marine.
Packaging and transporting of flammable and hazardous chemicals continues to be a concern in the adhesives and sealants industry. This is commonly known as transportation of dangerous goods (TDG).
Adhesives are widely used in the electronics industry for bonding surface mount components, wire tacking, conformal coatings and encapsulating components.
The AWA Global Release Liner Conference and Exhibition explores the current state of the release liner industry.
August 3, 2015
"The release liner industry is innovating," said Corey Reardon, president and CEO of AWA Alexander Watson Associates, as he opened the annual AWA Global Release Liner Conference and Exhibition.
Manufacturers of adhesives and sealants face an increasingly complicated world, where innovation is essential to survival and ever-expanding regulations threaten their profitability (and sanity!).
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.
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.
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.
Silane-modified organic polymers have been around for more than 40 years, and have proliferated in the coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers (CASE) industry over the past 20 years.