The Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC) is hosting Tape Week May 8-11, 2023, at the Hilton Orlando in Orlando, Florida. The event will offer educational sessions, an exhibition, and networking opportunities.

The effort will support past participants and the future scientists as part of the 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Grant applications are now available for submission through application close on March 23, 2023.

Taking place May 15-19, 2023, at the Inn at Virginia Tech, the lecture-laboratory short course, taught by Virginia Tech professors, is designed for those who produce and/or utilize adhesives and sealants.

The 2023 Annual Convention and EXPO will be held April 17-19, 2023, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Any new technology, market intelligence or timely topics relevant to the adhesive and sealant industry will be considered. The deadline to submit abstracts is December 9, 2022.

Designed for senior-level industry executives, the Adhesive and Sealant Council’s Executive Leadership Conference will take place November 1-3, 2022, at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California.

Bostik, the adhesive solutions division of Arkema, has launched Bostik Academy: Absorbent Hygiene.

After two postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FEICA European Adhesive and Sealant Conference & EXPO 2022 took place at the Grand Elysée Hotel in Hamburg, Germany, from September 14-16.

The Waterborne Symposium is seeking submissions from academia, government, and industry for presentations focusing on novel research results in all aspects of coatings. 

For both specialty chemicals and adhesives and sealants, quality training is paramount. Ensuring the safety of employees and their ability to successfully operate equipment is the number-one priority. In these unprecedented times, workforce development issues seem to compound each other, making onboarding new operators and training long-term employees a necessary and integral part of a chemical plant’s success—in safety and in business.

Organizers of Silicone Expo USA recently announced that the two-track conference program is now live.