Aggie Lotz is vice president of The ChemQuest Group Inc., an international strategic management consulting firm specializing in the adhesives, sealants and coatings industries, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more information, phone (513) 469-7555 or visit www.chemquest.com.

Strategic Solutions

Market Opportunities for Structural Adhesives

Structural adhesives’ volume is expected to increase as pure electric vehicles displace internal combustion engines in the marketplace.

Aggie Lotz

May 1, 2019

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Structural adhesives are displacing mechanical fasteners, welding and even tape in some fastening applications.

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Latin America’s Quest for Innovation

Several drivers are at play for the development of new adhesive technologies in Latin America.

Nei Domingues, Ph.D. Aggie Lotz

March 6, 2019

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In Latin America, end users in growth markets are eager for new adhesive technologies and products that improve throughput, mitigate against health and safety risks, and reduce total production costs.

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Beyond Adhesion: Disruptive Innovation’s Impact in Transportation Adhesives

Part two of this series compares consumption trends in automotive powertrain adhesives and sealants to those of pure electric drivetrains.

Aggie Lotz Daniel S. Murad

April 6, 2018

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In internal combustion (IC) engines, epoxy, silicone and UV/visible light-curing formulations offer enhanced capabilities and speed productivity to meet OEM and tier suppliers’ requirements. Significant innovations in gasketing, impregnation compounds, and bonding and potting can improve overall performance for automotive assembly applications.

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Beyond Adhesion

Disruptive innovation has impacted transportation applications of adhesives and sealants.

Aggie Lotz Daniel S. Murad

March 9, 2018

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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.

Strategic Solutions: LEED v4: Do Contractors Understand Adhesives Product Information?

Adhesives and sealants manufacturers need to understand how a project team typically makes its product decisions.

Aggie Lotz

October 1, 2015

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Available through the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) program, LEED v4 is the newest iteration of a benchmark standard for high-performance green buildings.

Strategic Solutions: Championing Executive Leadership in Internet Marketing

Your internal house should be in order before you spend marketing dollars to attract new customers.

Aggie Lotz

April 1, 2014

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In the rapidly evolving field of B2B Internet marketing, I have worked with dozens of small- and medium-sized manufacturers and distributors on their strategies for being “found” online by the right people: buyers, engineers and users of their products.

The four-day Adhesion Society Annual Meeting offers a two-day short course, poster session, exhibition, student award symposium, and concurrent technical sessions.

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Handbook of Sealant Technology

The Handbook of Sealant Technology provides an in-depth examination of sealants, reviewing their historical developments and fundamentals, adhesion theories and properties, and today’s wide range of applications.

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Adhesives and Sealants Magazine

November 2019

Sustainability is our main topic this month, particularly for construction applications. Find articles about sealant systems for insulating glass units, as well as construction tapes, bio-based materials, and more!

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