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• Eco-Friendly Formulations Based On Vegetable Oils

  Demand for organic products is booming. Factory farms and fields drenched in chemi-cal cocktails hold little appeal for the many consumers who prefer to see free-ranging animals in verdant pastures, eat untreated fruit and vegetables and wear clothes made of organically grown, pesticide-free cotton. It is not enough, however, merely to re-place plastic with natural materials such as wood or cork. For products to be genuinely sustainable, manufacturers must also use adhesives and paints that are made of bio-based raw materials

• WeCutFoam Introducing New Product, Combo 2D Vinyl Wrapped Foam Sign With 3D Objects

  WeCutFoam, a Silicon Valley fabricator of custom signs, logo, letters, props and exhibits is expanding its products line to include 2D vinyl wrapped foam signs combines with 3D protruding objects embedded

• NGA And IGMA Release Joint Guidelines On Use Of PIB Primary Sealant

  The National Glass Association (NGA), with the Insulating Glass Manufacturer’s Alliance (IGMA), announced recently the publication of a new jointly-produced resource for the glazing and glass products industry

• Toyo Ink America Expands Laminating Ink, Adhesive Lineup For Multilayer Packaging

  Toyo Ink America, LLC, a member of the Toyo Ink Group, recently announced that it has added the TOMOFLEX series of high performance polyester-type, two-component adhesives to its high-barrier packaging solutions lineup

• Henkel’s Recycling Program Benefits Additive Manufacturing Customers And Reinforces Commitment To Sustainability

  Henkel Corporation, a leading manufacturer of adhesives, sealants and functional coatings continues to build on the success of its groundbreaking Recycling Program by offering additive manufacturing customers recycling options across its Loctite brands

• Dual Curing Epoxy Meets Biocompatibility And Cytotoxicity Requirements

  Master Bond UV22DC80-1Med is a single component, nanosilica filled compound featuring a UV and heat curing mechanism. Not only does it pass USP Class VI tests for biocompatibility, but it also meets ISO 10993-5 for cytotoxicity, making it ideal for many applications in the medical device industry