Adhesives & Sealants Industry articles from August 2007

Adhesives & Sealants Industry archives from August 2007

Altana AG.(COMPANY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... ALTANA AG, Wesel, Germany, recently signed a contract to acquire the worldwide effect pigments business of the British company Wolstenholme Group Ltd. The purchase price for the business is [euro] 124 million. Rutland Partners LLP, a financial...

Ashland Composite Polymers.(COMPANY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... ASHLAND COMPOSITE POLYMERS, Dublin, OH, has announced plans to increase its epoxy vinyl ester production capacity to satisfy global demand for its products. Ashland DERAKANE[R] and HETRON[R] epoxy vinyl ester resins are used to manufacture...

Bayer MaterialScience AG.(COMPANY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... The Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants Business Unit (CAS) of BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG is undergoing a strategic realignment with the aim of reacting to market opportunities more quickly and offering customers tailored services. As part of this...

Cognis.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... COGNIS' Process Chemicals strategic business unit will trade as an independent company under the new name of Pulcra Chemicals GmbH. The carve-out represents a decisive step toward ensuring long-term competitiveness and further enhancing product...

Enercon.(COMPANY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... ENERCON, Menomonee Falls, WI, has announced the completion of its new Atmospheric Plasma Surface Treating Laboratory. The 400-square-foot laboratory is a valuable resource for companies seeking to improve adhesion, clean, etch and otherwise...

FCI.(COMPANY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... FCI, Versailles, France, has announced the acquisition of Singapore-based Smartag, a specialized player in RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag manufacturing. With Smartag, FCI hopes to better serve its customers by offering solutions from...

Fomo Products Inc.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... FOMO PRODUCTS INC. has announced significant changes designed to create a corporate culture that is more dedicated to environmental sustainability. To date, the company's headquarters in Norton, OH, has been assessed for energy efficiency, more...

Fusion UV Systems Inc.(COMPANY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... FUSION UV SYSTEMS INC., Gaithersburg, MD, recently appointed Kendrolab Spolka zo.o. as its exclusive distributor for Poland. Kendrolab was spun off from the German company Heraeus in 1992. Since then, Kendrolab, working as an independent Polish...

Lapolla Industries Inc.(COMPANY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... LAPOLLA INDUSTRIES INC., Houston, TX, has announced the startup of a new polyol blending facility that will allow the company to provide open and closed cell spray foam insulation as well as technology for roofing applications.

Lion Copolymer LLC.(COMPANY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... LION COPOLYMER LLC has completed its acquisition of the ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) and chemical foaming agent (CFA) assets associated with Chemtura's plant in Geismar, LA. Located on the Mississippi river south of Lion Copolymer's...

The Lubrizol Corp.(COMPANY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... THE LUBRIZOL CORP., Wickliffe, OH, has announced that its wholly owned subsidiaries Noveon Inc. and Noveon Canada Inc. have changed their names to Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc. and Lubrizol Advanced Materials Canada, respectively. These name...

Michelman.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... MICHELMAN, Cincinnati, OH, has announced significant changes to its international organizational structure, specifically in Europe and Asia. Michelman SARL, a new European holding company located in Luxembourg, will give the company the agility...

Polymeric Systems Inc.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... POLYMERIC SYSTEMS INC. (PSI) has announced a move from its corporate home of many years in Phoenixville, PA, to a larger facility located in Elverson, PA, about 19 miles to the west. The new factory features 210,000 sq. ft. of usable space,...

Resource Capital Funds IV LP (RCF), headquartered in Denver, CO, and Perth, Australia, has acquired Willsboro, NY-based NYCO and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies.(COMPANY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... RESOURCE CAPITAL FUNDS IV LP (RCF), headquartered in Denver, CO, and Perth, Australia, has acquired Willsboro, NY-based NYCO and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies. RCF has retained all current NYCO employees and plans to expand the...

Sika AG.(COMPANY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... SIKA AG, Baar, Switzerland, has announced the opening of a new 19,000-square-meter facility in Turkey. Located in a modern industrial park in Tuzla (on the Asian side of Istanbul), the plant employs some 40 people in manufacturing admixtures,...

W.R. Grace & Co.(COMPANY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... W.R. GRACE & CO., Cambridge, MA, has announced the acquisition of certain assets of Hernani, Spain-based Grupo Sistiaga SL. Sistiaga is a supplier of coatings for aluminum containers.

American Chemistry Council.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2007... The American Chemistry Council (ACC), Arlington, VA, has named NEEVA-GAYLE A. CANDELORI director of its Center for the Polyurethanes Industry. Candelori brings over 12 years of plastics industry experience to her new role, having worked for...

Michelman.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Michelman, Cincinnati, OH, has promoted CHRIS COYNE to the position of business manager, Paper & Flexible Packaging in Europe. Coyne previously held the position of senior account manager, Europe, and before that was...

Bunge Ltd.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bunge Ltd., White Plains, NY, has named JOHN DALE director of Sales and Marketing for Bunge Biphor LLC, manufacturer and marketer of BIPHOR[TM] white pigment. Prior to joining Bunge, Dale served as vice president of...

SPX Process Equipment.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SCOTT DILLNER has been appointed director of marketing for the Flow Technology segment of SPX Process Equipment, Delavan, WI. Since joining the Waukesha Cherry-Burrell organization in 1997, Dillner has held various...

Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2007... Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc., Wilton, CT, has announced the resignation of WAYNE HEWETT as president and CEO. Hewett will be replaced by JONATHAN RICH, former president of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.'s North American Tire...

Price adjustments.(COMPANY NEWS)(Statistical table)
August 1, 2007... PRICE ADJUSTMENTS COMPANY PRODUCT INCREASE Air Products Polymers Vinyl acetate homopolymer 2.5 cents/wet lb L.P., Lehigh Valley, PA and copolymer; vinyl acetate...

BASF.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BASF has appointed DR. MATTHIAS MAASE as director of New Business Development in its North American Intermediates Regional Business Unit based in Florham Park, NJ. He replaces DR. FRANK STEIN, who is returning to...

ADCO Products Inc.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ADCO Products Inc., Michigan Center, MI, has named ANDREW MCKINLEY business manager of its Industrial Assembly division. McKinley brings a range of adhesives and sealants technology and market experience to ADCO, and...

Dow Automotive.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dow Automotive, Auburn Hills, MI, has named TODD PREY to the position of vice president, Plastics and Fluids. In his new role, Prey is responsible for development and implementation of global strategy and...

Sartomer Co.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2007... Sartomer Co., Exton, PA, has named LAURENT SUSPENE vice president of Satomer Asia. Since 2003, Suspene has been general manager, Photocure and Functional Additives, for the Sartomer Europe Division of Cray Valley, based in Paris.

Chemical Heritage Foundation.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2007... THOMAS R. TRITTON, PH.D. will become president of the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) effective Jan. 1, 2008. Tritton becomes only the second president of CHF, succeeding Dr. Arnold Thackray, who founded the organization in Philadelphia 25...

Calendar.(COMPANY NEWS)(Conference news)(Calendar)
August 1, 2007... SEPTEMBER 2007 9-11 TRFA 2007 Annual Meeting; The Thermoset Resin Formulators Association; Hyatt Regency Savannah; Savannah, GA; (630) 942-6596, www.trfa.org 10-14 Advanced Plural Component Spray Equipment Training Seminar; Specialty...

Should adhesive appliers be certified?(STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Should adhesive appliers be certified? In Europe, that question is increasingly being answered with a "yes." In 1994, Institut fuer Fertigungstechnik und Angewandte Materialforschung (IFAM) within the Fraunhofer...

On the rise: world pressure-sensitive tape demand to exceed 30 billion square meters in 2010.(MARKET TRENDS)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The world market for pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes is forecast to expand at an annual pace of 4.7% through 2010, surpassing 30 billion square meters. In value terms, tape sales will rise 5.3% annually to $26.5...

Tape artist: D.C.-based artist uses tape as an artistic medium.(Cover story)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Ducks floating in a pond. Dogs digging through trash in an alley. Pigeons on the streets of New York City. These might all sound like typical, almost mundane, scenes. But look closer and you'll see that there's...

Why most applicators don't work--and what to do about it.
August 1, 2007... Whether you are an OEM, an ODM or an EMS provider, you probably use labels and film adhesives. Almost all computers, mobile phones, hand-held electronic devices, medical-diagnostics modules and industrial devices use labels and film adhesives....

3M's Richard Drew inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame.(Biography)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Richard Drew, 3M's legendary inventor of masking and clear cellophane tapes, was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, OH, on May 4. Drew was hired by 3M as a lab technician in...

Green building adhesives: a primer.
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The first official green home building program began in 1985 as a city-wide energy-efficiency initiative in Austin, TX. The Green Building Program was the country's first comprehensive program to encourage using...

Global regulatory conditions inspire adhesive processing options.
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In today's global marketplace, industries are becoming more aware of the impact that solvents and heavy metals have on employees' health, the environment, and waste-disposal costs. With global issues such as the...

Inspired by innovation: problem solving powers Novagard Solutions, whose team thrives on custom development of new products and technologies.
August 1, 2007... Novagard Solutions' technical experts recently faced a critical challenge: create a better way for a manufacturer of auto parts to protect the leads near its high-intensity light bulbs. Doing so could mean a new, seven-figure customer for the...

No tools required: innovative approach benefits fabricators and installers.(ADVANCING ADHESIVES)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Venture Tape Corp. has found an innovative way to benefit fabricators and installers through the introduction of two high-performance facing systems in pre-cut sheets. VentureClad[TM] 1577 embossed and VentureClad...

Rosin amine surfactant: Loos & Dilworth Inc.(RAW MATERIALS)
August 1, 2007... This company has announced it will now offer Atlas G-3661, a newly developed rosin amine surfactant manufactured by Croda. Atlas G-3661 acts as an effective corrosion inhibitor. As a unique filming amine, it behaves as a nonionic in alkaline...

Aluminum tape: Dewal Industries.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DW 351 combines aluminum foil with PTFE (Teflon[R]) coating backed with a high-temperature, pressure-sensitive silicone adhesive. The result is an abrasion-resistant tape with high tensile strength, along with impact...

Sealant: Dow Corning.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dow Corning[R] InstantGlaze II sealant allows easy application and installation of glass for residential and small commercial window and door manufacturers while increasing productivity up to 33 percent over tape...

Electronic potting compounds: Epoxies Etc ...(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
August 1, 2007... The 20-2300 Series of Urethane Potting Compounds was developed for electronic assemblies that will be exposed to extreme low temperatures or wet environments. They are able to maintain their flexibility and softness at low temperatures. These...

Low-shrink polyurethanes: Huntsman Advanced Material.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
August 1, 2007... As part of its new Araldite[R] 2000 PLUS family of advanced epoxy, methacrylate and polyurethane systems, Huntsman Advanced Materials now offers two flexible, low-shrink polyurethanes: Araldite[R] 2018 and Araldite[R] 2055. Araldite 2018 is a...

Anti-graffiti film: MPI Technologies.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MPI Technologies of Winchester, MA, has introduced a new Anti-Graffiti film that repels graffiti markings made with inks or paints and can be wiped clean with a solvent-based cleaner with no staining or ghosting....

Acrylic foam tape: Pres-On.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With applications ranging from window muntin bar attachment and signage to consumer appliances and skin-to-skin assembly, PHB2000 very high bond acrylic foam tape will help virtually any OEM achieve higher levels of...

V-port ball valves: A-T Controls Inc.(EQUIPMENT)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TRIAC "V" Series Control Port Ball Valves from A-T Controls deliver precise, consistent flow control with the simplicity and sealing features of a ball valve. The V-port valves are available with 30 [degrees], 60...

Vacuum paddle blender: Charles Ross & Son Co.(EQUIPMENT)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This company has announced the completion and shipment of a new horizontal paddle blender. The paddle blender was designed with a 100 cu. ft. working capacity and a 110 cu. ft. full holding capacity. Designed for...

Meter/mix/dispense system: Graco.(EQUIPMENT)
August 1, 2007... The Liquid Control PR70 is a new meter, mix, and dispense system that sets a higher standard for performance, reliability, and accuracy. Built to handle medium- to low-viscosity materials, it is ideal for potting, gasketing, sealing,...

Dispensing valve: I&J Fisnar.(EQUIPMENT)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Weighing only 4.8 oz (135 gm), the CV 629 cartridge valve is one of the few valves that can be comfortably held in the hand without stress. Suitable for lubricants, silicones and adhesives, it is ideal for manual...

Mini spool valve: I&J Fisnar.(EQUIPMENT)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The VMS400 is a mini spool valve that is ideal for a range of low- to high-viscosity fluids. Up to 700 lbs of fluid pressure can be applied, allowing users to dispense viscous fluids, such as RTV/silicones, solder...

Progressing cavity pump: Moyno.(EQUIPMENT)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Moyno[R]Progressing Cavity pump is a versatile, high-performance pump designed to handle a range of applications from shear-sensitive chemical to difficult-to-process slurries and sludges. This pump features an...

Laboratory viscometer: Norcross Corp.(EQUIPMENT)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... The Norcross LabPak[TM] Viscometer is a simple-to-use mechanical device that utilizes a piston to measure time-of-fall up to 20 seconds, with accuracy to within 0.1 second. Capable of measuring changes in viscosity as small as 0.02 cps...

Application heads: Nordson.(EQUIPMENT)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... The PWII 350 application head provides woodworking operations with cost-efficient adhesive coatings in profile wrapping applications. PW application heads are ideal for coating hot-melt adhesives on foils and veneers that are applied to...

Caulking tube: Research Plastic.(EQUIPMENT)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Research Plastic's new self-tooling caulking tube lays a fine or flat bead with no extra cutting, molding or removal of excess material. Called "self-tooling" because virtually no extra tooling is needed either on...

Viscometer/rheometer: Rheosense Inc..(EQUIPMENT)
August 1, 2007... The VROC[TM] is a flow-thru viscometer and rheometer on a chip whose multiple sensors and micro-fluidic interfaces measure "true" viscosity, pressure, flow rate, and temperature. These compact units produce accurate liquid characterization in...

Product literature: Dow Corning Corp.(RESOURCES)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Product information for the recently introduced Dow Corning[R] Z-6173 Filler Dispersion Aid is now available. This new, multifunctional siloxane product will improve filler dispersion and compatibility between materials, as well as provide...

Revised website: Horiba.(RESOURCES)
August 1, 2007... HORIBA Instruments Inc. has announced a redesign of its Scientific Division's website that provides more information for existing users of HORIBA analyzers and those who want to learn more about its Particle, Petroleum & Water Quality...

New website: Nova Films & Foils Inc.(RESOURCES)(Website overview)
August 1, 2007... Nova Films and Foils has launched a new website at www.novafilmsusa.com that introduces an expanded line of products and services, and features an easy, consistent navigation on each page. The homepage offers a clear overview of the main...

Product catalog: TAH Industries Inc.(RESOURCES)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This company has announced the availability of its updated 2007 product catalog featuring the latest package, mix and dispense solutions. It offers easy-to-use selection guides for static mixers, valves and...

Product catalog: Venture Tape Corp.(RESOURCES)
August 1, 2007... Venture Tape Corp. has published a catalog featuring the newest products available for insulation professionals and the mechanical insulation industry. The catalog contains VentureClad, VentureWrap and other products for any insulation...

Ask Dr. Dave.
August 1, 2007... QUESTION: Do you know of an adhesive that retains its tackiness, similar to the material used in adhesive traps for rodents? ANSWER: The adhesive you refer to is a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA). PSAs are formulated in different ways...