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  1. Black&Light: Black Epoxies Now Cure Under UV Irradiation 10/7/2022

    With the new "Black&Light" adhesives, Panacol has developed a new adhesive technology: deep curing black epoxies. Black epoxy adhesives from Panacol's Vitralit product range can now be cured with UV light sources in thicker layers, without resorting to secondary curing mechanisms.

  2. KAIST Develops Biocompatible Adhesive Applicable To Hair Transplants 10/7/2022

    Medical adhesives are materials that can be applied to various uses such as wound healing, hemostasis, vascular anastomosis, and tissue engineering, and is expected to contribute greatly to the development of minimally invasive surgery and organ transplants.

  3. Solvay Launches LTM 350 Low-Temperature Prepreg For Unprecedented Fast Tooling 10/6/2022

    Solvay introduces LTM 350, a next-generation carbon fiber epoxy prepreg tooling material designed to deliver significant time and cost savings for the industrial, aerospace, automotive and race car markets.

  4. UFlex Chemicals Acquires India Patent For Solvent Free Pigmented Adhesive And A Process For Its Preparation 10/6/2022

    As one of the global leaders in inks, coatings and adhesives for packaging and labelling applications, UFlex treads on the path of continuous development and delivery of pioneering products for the packaging industry.

  5. SI Group Expands Lubricant Additive Portfolio With New Aminic Antioxidant 9/29/2022

    SI Group, a leading performance additives company, announced today it will add manufacturing capabilities and capacity to begin producing ETHANOX™ 4757 aminic antioxidant at its Rasal, India facility. ETHANOX™ 4757 is an octylated-butylated diphenylamine primary antioxidant used in lubricants, greases, industrial, automotive and heat transfer fluids. Commercial materials are anticipated to be available in Q4 2022 and will add several thousand tons of availability of this critical chemistry.

  6. ITW Polymers Sealants Adds A New Air Assist Adhesive Spray To STA’-PUT Range 9/21/2022

    ITW Polymers Sealants adds a new Air Assist Adhesive Spray to STA’-PUT range New system offers up to 30% greater* spray coverage for quicker installation.

  7. Toyo Ink To Double Laminating Adhesives Production Capacity In Asia 9/20/2022

    Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd., the parent company of the Tokyo-based specialty materials manufacturer Toyo Ink Group, today announced plans to double the laminating adhesives production capacity from the current level at its Malaysia-based subsidiary Toyochem Specialty Chemical Sdn. Bhd.

  8. Henkel Expands Micro-Thermal Interface Material (mTIM) Coating Portfolio To Address Higher-Bandwidth Optical Transceiver Requirements 9/19/2022

    As a material specialist for data and telecom applications Henkel continues to tackle the evolving performance demands for high data bandwidth applications. Today, the company announced a new formulation within its Bergquist microTIM mTIM 1000 series micro-thermal interface coating portfolio.

  9. Panacol Develops First UV Moisture-Curing Medical Adhesive 9/13/2022

    With Vitralit UD 8050 MV F, Panacol has developed another adhesive system certified for use in the medical industry. What is special about this adhesive is that in addition to its primary curing - UV crosslinking - this adhesive also offers secondary moisture post-curing.

  10. Meridian Adhesives Group Acquires Design Polymerics 9/9/2022

    Meridian Adhesives Group (Meridian) announced today the acquisition of Design Polymerics, a manufacturer of high-performance sealants, adhesives, insulation mastics and indoor air quality products.