This issue of ASI focuses on innovation in technologies for pressure-sensitive adhesives – something relatively predictable in an unpredictable world. Among the articles offered this month is the 2024 Carl Dahlquist award-winning paper presented at the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council’s 2024 Tape Week. Additionally, an article from Henkel outlines how biobased adhesive can help label manufacturers achieve their sustainability goals. Also featured in June are articles about how Afera, the European Adhesive Tape Association, is helping adhesive and tape manufacturers gain greater sustainability, and an article from Shurtape that outlines current trends within the adhesive tape industry.
With growing awareness of environmental issues and stringent regulations, manufacturers are increasing their focus on balancing performance and sustainability in tape formulations.
Engineers from MIT and Freie Universität Berlin have developed a new type of glue that combines the waterproof stickiness of mussels' plaques with the germ-proof properties of mucus.
Like almost every manufacturing sector, the building and construction products industry generally worked through their backlog, focused on margins, and experienced an overall drop in customer demand last year, yet expect a positive year ahead.
