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  1. DELO Presents Adhesive For Bonding Voice Coil Motors In Smartphone Camera Assemblies 8/27/2024

    Voice coil motors (VCMs) have been an important part of smartphone camera assemblies over the last decade, enabling features such as image stabilization and auto focus. DELO presents DELO DUALBOND LT2221 as a universal adhesive for the over 50 bonding tasks in VCM manufacturing.

  2. Master Wall Inc. Unveils Revolutionary New Sealant Line 8/27/2024

    Master Wall Inc., a leader in innovative building solutions, is excited to announce the launch of its latest product line: SuperiorShield SMP Sealants. This new range of sealants is designed to provide superior protection and durability for both residential and commercial projects.

  3. Introducing Coherix 3D GlassMaster Tracker For High-Profile Adhesive And Sealant Beads 8/20/2024

    Coherix currently has hundreds of its existing Coherix 3D GlassMasters installed around the world. They perform robust 3D inspection of high-profile adhesive and sealant beads which are used in automotive glass, battery cover seals and other applications.

  4. Full Adhesive Power Ahead: Henkel Presents Solutions For Sustainable Packaging 8/20/2024

    Ever-changing consumer needs and new regulatory requirements are constantly presenting the packaging industry with new challenges. For more than 40 years, trends and developments in sustainability, technology and processes have been presented and discussed at FACHPACK in Nuremberg.

  5. DuPont BETAFORCE Elastic Structural Adhesive Wins R&D 100 Award 8/15/2024

    DuPont is pleased to announce that its BETAFORCE elastic structural adhesive technology has won a 2024 R&D 100 Award in the Mechanical/Materials category.

  6. Non-Drip Epoxy Features Acid Resistance 8/14/2024

    Master Bond EP21ARHTND-2 is a two part epoxy adhesive, designed to withstand prolonged exposure to a wide range of chemicals. “The system’s chemical resistance was successfully tested in chemicals such as 98% sulfuric acid, 25% hydrochloric acid, 20% phosphoric acid, and 15% nitric acid, by soaking cured samples for more than 12 months”, says Senior Product Engineer Rohit Ramnath.

  7. New Research Challenges Conventional Wisdom On Wet Surface Adhesion 8/7/2024

    Scientists at the University of Akron and the University of Pittsburgh have overturned long-held assumptions in new research that finds water can be a help for adhesion.

  8. Wash-Off Solutions For The EU Target 8/7/2024

    It's getting serious with PET recycling: According to the EU's Directive on Single-Use Plastics, a recycled content of 25% should be achieved for single-use beverage bottles by 2025 and the bar is even raised to 65% for 2040.

  9. H.B. Fuller Acquires HS Butyl Limited 8/6/2024

    H.B. Fuller Company, the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, today announced that it has acquired HS Butyl Limited (HS Butyl), the UK’s largest manufacturer and distributor of high-quality butyl tapes, which provide strong, permanent, watertight seals for a wide variety of applications within the construction, infrastructure, automotive and renewable energy industries.

  10. Sasol Chemicals Expands Its Lower Carbon Wax Portfolio With A New Solution For The Adhesive Packaging Industry 8/1/2024

    Sasol Chemicals today introduced SASOLWAX LC100, an industrial wax grade with a 35% lower carbon footprint, further expanding its growing sustainable product portfolio.