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The Tailor-Made Suit Among Shipping Cartons: Henkel Presents Hot Melts For Automated Packaging In E-Commerce
12/13/2023
Ordered today, delivered tomorrow: consumers are becoming increasingly demanding when shopping online. They expect fast delivery and sustainable packaging. For logistics this means eliminating plastic, using appropriate package sizes with as little wasted space as possible, and using packaging materials that are easy to recycle.
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Arkema Acquires Arc Building Products In Ireland, Specialized In Construction Adhesives And Sealants
12/13/2023
With the planned acquisition of Arc Building Products, Arkema will strengthen its position in Ireland’s growing construction adhesives market with a broader range of solutions and a local manufacturing footprint.
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Panacol Presents New Optical Grade Adhesives
12/8/2023
Panacol will feature new optical grade resins and adhesives for imprint and optical bonding applications at the SPIE Photonics West exhibition in San Francisco CA, USA from 30 January to 1 February 2024.
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DELO To Expand Presence In The Medical Electronics Industry
12/6/2023
DELO Industrial Adhesives, a Germany-based, globally present adhesives manufacturer, has begun its foray into medical electronics applications.
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Engineering Customizable Bio-Adhesives For Personalized Medical Repair
12/4/2023
Traditional medical adhesives used in surgical applications often have limited bio-absorbability, high toxicity and a lack of customizability, leading to suboptimal surgical outcomes.
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Inspired By Mussels: Printable Adhesives For Tissues And Bones
12/1/2023
Titanium hip implants do not last forever — they gradually loosen, sooner or later losing their hold on the bone as it recedes over time. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP have been working alongside the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB and the Fraunhofer USA Center for Manufacturing Innovation CMI to develop a tissue adhesive that can help avoid early replacement of prostheses in the future.
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Innovative Gel Offers New Hope For Treating Gastrointestinal Leaks
11/30/2023
In a major advancement in medical technology, researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation have developed an adhesive gel, offering a revolutionary treatment for gastrointestinal leaks, a condition clinically known as enterocutaneous fistulas.
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Flexible, Thixotropic, One Component Dual Cure Epoxy
11/29/2023
Master Bond UV23FLDC-80TK is a moderate viscosity, cationic type system that offers both UV light and heat curing mechanisms. It cures readily within 20-30 seconds when exposed to a UV light source emitting a wavelength of 320-365 nm.
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Eco-Friendly Glue Breakthrough Designed By Cal Poly Chemistry Team Receives Patent
11/29/2023
An innovative, ecofriendly glue designed by a Cal Poly chemistry research team in collaboration with an East Coast company has been approved for a U.S. government patent.
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Paper-Based Reinforcement: Tesa Unveils New Adhesive Tape For More Sustainable Packaging
11/22/2023
tesa, international manufacturer of innovative adhesive tapes and self-adhesive product solutions, is introducing another more sustainable tape. The new tesa® 51345 is a paper-based reinforcement adhesive tape that can be used, for example, to reinforce packaging or cartons at sensitive points such as side hole handles, flap handles, and top-hole handles.