Adhesives & Sealants
News Production & Lab
Facile fabrication of pressure-sensitive adhesives
A recent work features the facile preparation of epoxidised soybean oil-hexanediamine resin for fabrication of pressure-sensitive adhesives.
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Cyclic carbonates as crosslinkers for biobased feedstocks
For a successful and competitive application of bio-based adhesive systems in the wood-based panel industry, reactive, preferably water-soluble crosslinkers are required, which also cure thermally with...
News Markets & Companies
Henkel to build new adhesive manufacturing facility in China
Henkel has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility of its Adhesive Technologies business unit within the Yantai Chemical Industry Park in Shandong Province, China.
News Markets & Companies
Jowat builds manufacturing facility in China
The adhesive manufacturer Jowat further expands its presence on the Asia-Pacific market with an own adhesive center in China.
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Formaldehyde-free bio-adhesive for wood-based materials production
By means of a wood-based panel for interior construction, researchers from the Fraunhofer WKI are demonstrating the application possibilities for a newly developed, formaldehyde-free bio-adhesive.
News Markets & Companies
Henkel opens Adhesives Technology Center
Henkel has officially opened its Technology Center in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The facility showcases Henkel’s entire technology portfolio of adhesives, sealants, functional coatings and specialty materials....
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Bodo Möller Chemie to expand adhesive competence centres
Bodo Möller Chemie has announced plans to further expand its adhesive competence centres in Poland, India, China and the USA. In addition, the company's global expansion is to be stepped up in the coming...
News Markets & Companies
H.B. Fuller acquires Beardow Adams
H.B. Fuller has acquired Beardow Adams, a UK-based family-owned business that has grown since its establishment in 1976 into a proven multinational industrial adhesive manufacturer, with customers in more...
News Legislation
FEICA: Support for the Green Deal
Jana Cohrs–Rahmoun, Executive Director Regulatory Affairs at FEICA, Association of the European Adhesive & Sealant Industry, outlines the situation at the market for adhesives.
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Recent advances in adhesive materials used in the biomedical field
A new review article portrays the properties and mechanisms of natural adhesive materials, organic adhesive materials, composite adhesive materials, and underwater adhesive materials.
News Coatings Technologies
Relevant questions
ECS pre-conference tutorials on adhesives & sealants and anti-corrosive coatings impart basics of coatings knowledge.
News Coatings Technologies
Kickstart the conference
Complement your show experience, arrive a day early and brush up on some basic skills with a topic of your choice.
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Preventing stress cracking failure of bonded joints
The aim of a new project is to prevent the damage caused to bonded joints by additive migration by applying suitable atmospheric pressure plasma coatings in order to increase the long-term stability of...
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Innovative silicone/vanillin monomer
Scientists have studied the effect of a novel silicone/vanillin monomer on the thermal stability and adhesion properties of UV-curable polyurethane pressure sensitive adhesive and its application in functional...