Adhesives and Sealants.com News News Articles http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/ 7/2/2008 1:32:00 AM DuPont Fluoropolymer Solutions Marks 70 Years Of Teflon With Enhanced Plunkett Awards For Innovation And Sustainability To mark the 70th anniversary of the discovery of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), later branded as DuPont Teflon, DuPont Fluoropolymer Solutions recentlty announced the expansion of its long-running DuPont Plunkett Awards with environmental sustainability as a new selection criterion http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/DuPont-Fluoropolymer-Solutions-Marks-70-Years-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 7/2/2008 1:32:00 AM Ashland Closes Adhesives Deal With Air Products Ashland Inc. recently announced that it has completed the purchase of the pressure-sensitive adhesive business and the atmospheric emulsions business from Air Products and Chemicals, Inc http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/Ashland-Closes-Adhesives-Deal-With-Air-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 7/1/2008 4:49:00 AM New Films Have Strong Adhesive For PCR Sealing And Storage High-Performance Solutions for Plate-Sealing and Reagent-Handling http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/New-Films-Have-Strong-Adhesive-For-PCR-0002?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/30/2008 12:59:00 AM New Small Tape Layer Provides Affordable Solution To Composite Production And Part Conversion MAG Cincinnati offers solutions to weight savings, part reduction, and faster, simplified assembly, presented at IMTS a new Small Flat Tape Layer (SFTL) for automated composites fabrication http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/New-Small-Tape-Layer-Provides-Affordable-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/23/2008 6:31:00 AM Rohm And Haas Introduces New High-Performance Adhesives For Protective Films Specialty materials company Rohm and Haas has extended its line of environmentally advanced Robond adhesives with the addition of the new Robond PS-1000 series of aqueous acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives for protective applications http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/Rohm-And-Haas-Introduces-New-High-Performance-0002?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/22/2008 12:56:00 AM Dow Corning 732 Multi-Purpose Sealant Excels In Industrial Sealing Of Plastics Dow Corning 732 Multi-Purpose Sealant is a one-component silicone sealant with non-sagging consistency that cures to form a tough and flexible rubber when exposed to moisture in the air at room temperature http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/Dow-Corning-732-Multi-Purpose-Sealant-Excels-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/19/2008 1:25:00 AM Aremco-Bond 568 Thermally Conductive Adhesive Now Available Aremco-Bond 568, a new high temperature, thermally conductive epoxy developed by Aremco Products, Inc., is now used to bond aluminum panels and copper heat exchange tubes used in radiant heater panels for applications to 400 ºF (204 ºC) http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/Aremco-Bond-568-Thermally-Conductive-Adhesive-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/11/2008 1:12:00 AM Ashland To Buy Adhesive And Polymer Assets From Air Products Ashland Inc. announced recently that it signed a definitive agreement with Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. for an asset purchase of its pressure-sensitive adhesive business and its atmospheric emulsions business http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/Ashland-To-Buy-Adhesive-And-Polymer-Assets-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/10/2008 5:31:00 AM Silicones Sealants Protect Buildings And Their Occupants With the Atlantic hurricane season starting June 1, builders are increasingly relying on silicone glazed impact-resistant glass and silicone waterproofing sealants to protect property from sustained winds and pounding rains http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/Silicones-Sealants-Protect-Buildings-And-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/10/2008 5:18:28 AM Mixing & Blending Control System Literature Available From Ross Ross has announced the completion of new 14-page literature covering its line of Control Systems used with Mixing, Blending, Drying and Dispersion equipment. http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/Control-System-Literature-Available-From-Ross-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/3/2008 6:32:00 AM Fast-cure Solventless Adhesive Technology Impresses Packaging Converters Specialty materials producer Rohm and Haas, in conjunction with equipment manufacturer Nordmeccanica, recently proved that the company's new fast-cure MOR-FREE L75-164 adhesive could easily achieve line speeds of as much as 1,200 feet-per-minute for difficult polyester-to-polyester laminations http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/Fast-cure-Solventless-Adhesive-Technology-Imp-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 5/16/2008 11:41:00 PM RTV Fluorosilicone Expands NuSil Technology's Line Of Aircraft Adhesives NuSil Technology, a cutting-edge manufacturer of silicone-based materials for healthcare, aerospace, electronics and photonics, has launched an extension to its line of adhesives/sealants http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/RTV-Fluorosilicone-Expands-NuSil-Technologys-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 5/15/2008 12:25:00 AM Ashland Adhesive Brings Value To Makers Of Hi-Tech Control Panels Hi-tech touch-pad control panels, like those used on today's appliances, can now be created more efficiently with new UV-curable technology from Ashland Specialty Polymers & Adhesives (SP&A), a business group of Ashland Performance Materials, a division of Ashland Inc. http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/Ashland-Adhesive-Brings-Value-To-Makers-Of-Hi-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 5/9/2008 6:56:00 AM Powers Unveils High Strength Epoxy PE1000 Powers Fasteners, Inc., has introduced a high strength two-component structural epoxy anchoring system to meet the new more stringent International Building Code (IBC) for strength design (Cracked Concrete) http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/Powers-Unveils-High-Strength-Epoxy-PE1000-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 5/9/2008 6:47:00 AM A Unified Coating Solution For Surface Preparation Cortec's VpCI-440 is a surface pre-treatment offering a unified solution for multi-metal substrate protection against corrosion while preparing metals for surface bonding and coating http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/A-Unified-Coating-Solution-For-Surface-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 5/9/2008 4:14:00 AM Tips For Selecting A Building Sealant With so many products to choose from, selecting the right building sealant may seem like a daunting task. Selecting the wrong building sealant, or applying the correct sealant in the wrong manner, can have serious consequences http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/Tips-For-Selecting-A-Building-Sealant-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 5/8/2008 6:32:00 AM Epoxy Sealer Penetrates Deep To Protect Concrete & Masonry The Steelcote division of Chemline announces Floor-Nu Penetrating Sealer, is a two-component (1A:1B) clear epoxy for sealing and deeply penetrating concrete or masonry surfaces against the effects of against moisture, freeze/thaw cycles, salts, oils and specific chemicals http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/Epoxy-Sealer-Penetrates-Deep-To-Protect-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 5/2/2008 12:19:00 AM New Loctite Quickstix Primer Ensures Maximum Performance Of Anaerobic Machinery Adhesives It's neat. It's clean. It's fast. And it couldn't be easier to carry or apply. New LoctiteQuickStix 7088 Primer is the first semisolid primer available to enhance the performance and speed the cure of anaerobic machinery adhesives used in threadlocking, thread sealing, gasketing, and retaining applications http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/New-Loctite-Quickstix-Primer-Ensures-Maximum-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 4/21/2008 2:13:00 AM Dow Corning 995 Silicone Sealant Excels In Structural Bonding And Protective Glazing Applications Dow Corning 995 Structural Silicone Sealant is a one-part, neutral-cure adhesive that cures to durable elastomeric rubber. It combines high tensile adhesion strength (150 psi) with superior tear strength (49 psi) and offers excellent, unprimed adhesion to most common building substrates, such as glass, reflective glass, anodized aluminum, granite and paints, including most fluoropolymer-based paints http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/Dow-Corning-995-Silicone-Sealant-Excels-In-St-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 4/21/2008 1:20:00 AM Announcing ResonantAcoustic® Mixing: Mixing Without Impellers Resodyn Acoustic Mixers, Inc., is pleased to announce the commercial availability of laboratory and production scale mixers, which utilize the company's proprietary technology, ResonantAcoustic Mixing® (RAM). The newly patented technology uses low-frequency, highintensity sound energy to provide intimate mixing of gas-liquid, liquid-liquid, liquid-solid, or solid-solid systems http://www.adhesivesandsealants.com/article.mvc/Announcing-ResonantAcoustic-Mixing-Mixing-Wit-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 4/17/2008 2:45:00 PM