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Home » Authors » Aggie Lotz
Aggie Lotz

Aggie Lotz

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.

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Weighing the Cost Benefit of Complex Design in 3D-Printed OEM Parts

Adhesive bonding opportunities are exponentially increasing with the design complexities of polymer and metal additive manufacturing.
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Aggie Lotz
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Gregory Dudder Ph.D.
September 10, 2021

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, has seen increased adoption across industries and regions for producing a variety of end-use parts. 


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Collaboration and Innovation for Sustainable Packaging

Ink, adhesive, paperboard, film, and other material suppliers need to understand relevant certifications and processes in order to adhere to recycling or composting standards.
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Tyler Derus
Tyler Derus
September 4, 2020

Consumer sentiment continues to drive sustainability throughout the economy and society. Consumers often view packaging as wasteful, and they demand more sustainable options as a result. Many terms, such as reuse, recycle, compost, and reduction, resonate positively with consumers.


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Market Dynamics for North American Sealants

Through 2019, the building and construction market was a sealants volume leader, followed by assembly operations and transportation.
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Aggie Lotz
August 17, 2020

The wide use of dissimilar substrate materials driving the selection of sealants was reported in The Adhesive and Sealant Council’s “2017-2020 North American Market Report for Adhesives and Sealants with a Global Overview.”


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Switching Production to Satisfy Shifts in Demand

Production cycle planning and excess capacity can yield unexpected advantages.
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Michael P. Walton
July 7, 2020

The specialty chemicals value chain has risen to the challenge of retooling to fill large supply gaps for sanitation products, packaging containers and inks, and other essential products to meet spikes in demand as an outgrowth of the COVID-19 pandemic.


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Third-Party Validation of Adhesive Performance

This second installment of a two-part series higlights the value proposition of independent material testing and validation to high-value end-use markets.
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Robert K. Ddamulira
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Aggie Lotz
March 27, 2020

Independent testing and third-party validation of application-specific and customer-required adhesive products are expected across the value chain. It is especially important to validate adhesive performance for the electronics industry.


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Evolving Hybrid Adhesives

This first installment of a two-part series highlights the value proposition of today's adhesive chemistries and curing methods to high-value end-use markets.
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Robert K. Ddamulira
February 13, 2020

This first installment of a two-part series highlights the value proposition of today's adhesive chemistries and curing methods to high-value end-use markets.


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Market Opportunities for Structural Adhesives

Structural adhesives’ volume is expected to increase as pure electric vehicles displace internal combustion engines in the marketplace.
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Aggie Lotz
May 1, 2019

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.
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Aggie Lotz
March 6, 2019

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.
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Daniel S. Murad
April 6, 2018
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.
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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.
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