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FLEXcon Expands Eco-Friendly Packaging Product Line With Thinner-Gauged Options
12/2/2022
FLEXcon Company, Inc., an innovator in adhesive coating and laminating, today announced the expansion of its sustainable packaging line with FLEXcon® optiFLEX® THIN ecoFOCUS™.
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Solvay Launches New Emulsifier To Boost Coatings And Adhesives Performance
11/22/2022
Solvay launched today Reactsurf 2490, a new APE-free polymerizable surfactant designed as a primary emulsifier for acrylic, vinyl-acrylic and styrene-acrylic latex systems. Reactsurf 2490 improves emulsion performance to deliver superior functional and aesthetic benefits in exterior coatings and pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs), compared to conventional surfactants, even at high temperatures.
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Best Cyanoacrylate Adhesive For Wood, Leather, Cork Or Paper
11/22/2022
Cyanoacrylate adhesives (CAs) contain an acidic inhibitor which prevents them from curing in the bottle, instead allowing the adhesive to cure upon exposure to low-level surface moisture or alkalinity (see our Adhesive Problem? What’s the Cure? download for more information).
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Techcon Launches New Micro-Meter Mix Two-Component Dispensing System
11/16/2022
Techcon, part of OK International and Dover (NYSE: DOV), and a leader in precision fluid dispensing technologies, today announced the launch of the new TS8200D Series Micro-Meter Mix Dispensing System, a precision volumetric mixing and dispensing system for two-component adhesives, such as epoxies, reactive acrylics, or polyurethanes.
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Electrically Isolating Epoxy Features Ultra High Heat Transfer Capability
11/14/2022
Master Bond EP5TC-80 is a one part, NASA low outgassing rated epoxy that achieves a thermal conductivity of 3.3-3.7 W/(m·K), while also retaining its electrical non-conductivity. It requires a cure at only 80°C for 1.5 to 2 hours.
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Henkel Launches Loctite UK 2073-2173 For High Performance Exterior Bonding Applications
11/14/2022
Henkel has introduced the new solvent-free and elastic adhesive Loctite UK 2073-2173, which is based on two-component polyurethane (2K-PU) technology, designed for superior performance on various substrates.
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Optical Bonding Adhesives And Their Idealness In Touch Screen And Flat Panel Displays Manufacturing
11/9/2022
Optical bonding is the protective glass glued on displays to enhance readability, especially if the installation is done in outdoor environments with high humidity. With normal displays within outdoor environments, there are many readability issues, with the common one being condensation or fog.
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Dow Launches New Generation Of High-Bonding Adhesive For EV Batteries
11/5/2022
A new generation of VORATRON MA 8200S high-bonding adhesives has been introduced by Dow at the 5th China International Import Expo (CIIE 2022). The New VORATRON MA 8200S high-bonding adhesives significantly enhance the safety, durability, sustainability, integrated assembly and overall performance of electric vehicles battery packs.
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tesa Transforms Adhesive Tapes Into Heroes
11/3/2022
tesa® FireGuard is a fire containment sealing patch developed specifically with safety of electric vehicles in mind – withstanding flames of up to 500°C for more than five minutes, tesa® FireGuard protects the passenger compartment so that people in the car can exit the vehicle safely in the event of a battery fire in an electric car.