Adhesives & Sealants Industry articles from April 2006

Adhesives & Sealants Industry archives from April 2006

Gold-medal glue: Italian ski champ secures world cup victory, with a little help from Huntsman Advanced Materials.(EDITOR'S MEMO)(Editorial)
April 1, 2006... While several inches of snow fell on the ground outside, I spent much of February curled up with a cup of steaming coffee watching the Winter Olympics. We all know that adhesives hold the world together, but did you know what an important...

Adhesives Research.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... ADHESIVES RESEARCH has announced that a major fire broke out in the solvent and chemical storage area of one of its two Glen Rock, PA-based manufacturing buildings on Jan. 10. Though there was some loss of raw materials in an adjacent...

Advanced Applied Adhesives.(COMPANY NEWS)
April 1, 2006... ADVANCED APPLIED ADHESIVES, San Diego, has announced the appointment of TechRep International (TRI) as its sales representative for Southern California, Texas, Arizona and Colorado. In addition, TRI has been appointed to serve certain national...

Akzo Chemical.(COMPANY NEWS)
April 1, 2006... AKZO CHEMICAL, The Netherlands, has announced plans to create two separate companies for coatings/chemicals and pharmaceuticals following year-end results for 2005 that showed a net income of 961 million [euro] and growth in all units,...

Arizona Chemical.(COMPANY NEWS)
April 1, 2006... ARIZONA CHEMICAL, Jacksonville, FL, has announced that its Valdosta, GA plant has surpassed six years without an environmental incident, setting an all-time facility record. Environmental incidents are defined as permit violations, accidental...

Bayer.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... BAYER, Leverkusen, Germany, has announced its participation in the "NanoCare" research project, which aims to further enhance scientific analysis of nanomaterials. The project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is...

Covalence Specialty Materials Corp.(COMPANY NEWS)
April 1, 2006... COVALENCE SPECIALTY MATERIALS CORP., Princeton, NJ, formerly the Plastics and Adhesives operation of Tyco International, was recently purchased in a $975 million transaction by Apollo Management L.P. Terry A. Sutter has been named president and...

Degussa.(COMPANY NEWS)
April 1, 2006... DEGUSSA recently announced that its Feed Additives acrolein plant in Mobile, AL, has gone more than 10 years without a lost-time accident. In addition to having no lost-time accidents, the plant has not sustained a U.S. Dept. of Labor...

Heraeus.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... HERAEUS, Hanau, Germany, has merged its Bonding Wire and Surface Mount Materials divisions into a new organization that will provide customers with an expanded product offering and enhanced global reach. The new organization, known as Contact...

Wolff Cellulosics.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... WOLFF CELLULOSICS, a Bayer MaterialScience company headquartered in Germany, has announced plans to build a new methylcellulose production plant in the U.S. The proposed plant is intended to produce Walocel[R] M, a construction material...

Charles Ross and Son Co.(PEOPLE)(Christine Angos appointed as application engineer)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Charles Ross and Son Co., Hauppauge, NY, has added CHRISTINE ANGOS to its corporate staff as an application engineer. Angos is a graduate of the University of the Philippines with a degree in chemical engineering. She graduated in 2003 as a...

Precision IBC Inc.(PEOPLE)(Tim Bodron named senior vice president)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Precision IBC Inc., Fairhope, AL, has named TIM BODRON its senior vice president. Having previously worked for the Hoover Materials Handling Group Inc. as vice president/general manager of its Asset Tank Business Unit, Bodron brings over 20...

Talia Collins has assumed the position of senior research chemist responsible for New Business Development at Michelman, Cincinnati, OH, and Michelle Nilsen has taken the role of senior research chemist responsible for Performance Additives.(PEOPLE)
April 1, 2006... TALIA COLLINS has assumed the position of senior research chemist responsible for New Business Development at Michelman, Cincinnati, OH, and MICHELLE NILSEN has taken the role of senior research chemist responsible for Performance Additives....

Henkel Corp.(PEOPLE)(Gordon Fischer appointed as vice president)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Henkel Corp.'s electronics group has announced the appointment of DR. GORDON FISCHER to the position of vice president of Sales, Marketing and Technical Service for the Americas. In his new role, Fischer will lead the Americas sales team,...

Alco Chemical.(PEOPLE)
April 1, 2006... MICHAEL HAGEN has been appointed director of Marketing for Alco Chemical, Chatanooga, TN. In his new role, Hagen will be responsible for Alco's pan-Atlantic marketing efforts, and will work closely with the company's sales, manufacturing, and...

Uniquema.(PEOPLE)(Hugh Y. Luo appointed as sales director)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Uniquema, The Netherlands, has appointed HUGH Y. LUO as sales director of its China territory. Luo has served in a variety of sales and marketing functions for companies operating in China, and in 2003 became the executive vice president at NCM...

IPC honors industry veterans with Hall of Fame award.(APPLAUSE)(Gene Weiner and Vern Solberg awarded)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... IPC--Association Connecting Electronics Industries[R] honored Gene Weiner, Weiner & Associates, and Vern Solberg, Micro Electronic Engineering Services, with the 2005 Raymond E. Pritchard IPC Hall of Fame Award at IPC Printed Circuits Expo[R],...

BASF.(PEOPLE)(James C. Peterson)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... BASF, Wyandotte, MI, has appointed JAMES C. PETERSON as national accounts manager for the company's Urethane Chemicals business in North America, with responsibility for sales of BASF's urethane chemicals for coatings, adhesives, sealants and...

Novagard Solutions.(PEOPLE)(Tom Rossman and Doug McKinzie appointed)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... TOM ROSSMAN has joined Novagard Solutions, Cleveland, as vice president of Sales and Marketing, and will lead sales efforts for all product lines. Rossman brings with him over 20 years of sales leadership experience, having most recently worked...

Compac Corp.(PEOPLE)(David Prentice appointed)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Compac Corp., Hackettstown, NJ, has named DAVID PRENTICE account executive responsible for facilitating the company's industrial market sales in the U.S. northeast region. Prior to joining Compac Corp., Prentice served as market development...

Dow Automotive.(PEOPLE)(Alexander Van Veen named vice president)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... ALEXANDER VAN VEEN has been named vice president, Glass and Plastic Bonding, for Dow Automotive, Auburn Hills, MI. In this role, van Veen assumes responsibility for all global business issues related to glass and plastic bonding, including bulk...

Price adjustments.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... PRICE ADJUSTMENTS COMPANY PRODUCT The Dow Chemical CYRACURE[TM] and ERL Cycloaliphatic Co., Midland, MI Epoxide Resin products (Europe and North America) The Dow Chemical Oxygenated Solvents...

Calendar.(COMPANY NEWS)(Calendar)
April 1, 2006... APRIL 2006 2-5 ASC Spring 2006 Convention and Exposition: "Charting a New Course for the Industry": The Adhesive and Sealant Council Inc.; Norfolk. VA: www.ascouncil.org/industry/conventions/ 3-6 ...

The petrochemical feedstock market: abundance turns to scarcity.(STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS)
April 1, 2006... The adhesives industry continues to face upstream cost pressure from two convergent events: increased energy prices (in the form of more expensive oil and natural gas) and capacity constraints among suppliers of key raw materials. The supply of...

The emergence of green chemistry.
April 1, 2006... Over the years, the environmental movement has become an amalgamation of regulations, non-governmental programs and corporate marketing messages. The adhesives industry has been watching and responding to these trends. Organizations like the...

Bond evaluation via acoustic microscopy.
April 1, 2006... Acoustic microscopes are primarily concerned with the non-destructive imaging of internal features, especially with the bonding or lack of bonding between materials. Since acoustic microscopes use very-high-frequency (VHF) or...

Ask the expert.
April 1, 2006... Q What options exist to offset skyrocketing plasticizer cost while maintaining adhesive properties? A Many formulators have had success replacing expensive plasticizers with select polymer emulsions. For example, products such as...

High-throughput peel measurement of a pressure-sensitive adhesive.(testing, benefits and opportunities of pressure sensitive adhesives)
April 1, 2006... Pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) are commonplace in our everyday lives. (1-2) Surgical tape, box-sealing tape and self-stick products such as adhesive stamps and removable adhesive notes are just some of the consumer products that use...

PSTC announces week of learning.(seminar of adhesives and sealants industry)(Pressure Sensitive Tape Council )
April 1, 2006... The Pressure Sensitive Tape Council 2006 Week of Learning is scheduled to take place May 1-5 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The only industry event focused on pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape, the event will include a combination of...

Formulating with resin dispersions: fine tuning shear and peel to achieve optimum adhesive performance.(Adhesives Essentials)
April 1, 2006... In an increasingly competitive marketplace, adhesive formulators are under constant pressure to find cost-effective solutions that meet both performance and environmental requirements for applications including pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA)...

Electronic packaging materials: Nusil Technology.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... This company, a cutting-edge manufacturer of silicone-based materials for military, aerospace, electronics and photonics, recently announced that it has expanded its line of electronic packaging materials (EPMs). All materials in this line will...

Vacuum potting system: Ashby Cross.(EQUIPMENT)(Ashby-Cross Company Inc.)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Ashby Cross has announced the development of an automatic, PLC-driven vacuum potting system for encapsulating electronic circuitry, such as valves, ballasts, controllers, high-energy lighting products and other components requiring air-free...

Static mixers: Ross Syscon.(EQUIPMENT)
April 1, 2006... Ross SysCon, a unit of Charles Ross & Son Co., recently completed a mixer for use as a continuous cooker. The LLPD design is typically used for low-viscosity, turbulent flow mixing of fluids. In this case, it was supplied with a special...

Coating dispenser: cc.(Specialty Coating System's new SCS Multi-Dispense coating dispenser )(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... The SCS Multi-Dispense is a versatile new coating dispenser designed for use in conjunction with SCS Spincoat systems. The Multi-Dispense enables users to control up to four coating modules through one control unit, eliminating the need for...

Redesigned website: CPFilms.(RESOURCES)(CPFilms Inc.)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... CPFilms' revamped website, www.cpfindusprod.com, covers the entire range of products and services offered by the company's Precision Coated Films Division. g key aspect of the new site is an enhanced search function that enables visitors to...

Ask Dr. Dave.
April 1, 2006... QUESTION: Can you recommend an adhesive for bonding a clear polystyrene part to glass for a consumer product? The adhesive needs some good shear strength (700-1200 psi), and it must be clear, quick to cure, and easily used by relatively...