Adhesives & Sealants Industry articles from February 2006

Adhesives & Sealants Industry archives from February 2006

BASF AG.(COMPANY NEWS)(BASF AG)(Engelhard Corp.)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, has made an all-cash proposal to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Iselin, NJ-based Engelhard Corp. for $4.9 billion. The proposal reflects what BASF believes is a significant value for...

Degussa.(COMPANY NEWS)
February 1, 2006... DEGUSSA, Parsippany, NJ, has announced the start of production on fumed alumina and cationic-silica dispersions at its North American dispersion plant in Mobile, AL. These specialty products, part of the AEROSIL[R] business line, are ideally...

Graham Packaging Co. L.P.(COMPANY NEWS)
February 1, 2006... GRAHAM PACKAGING CO, L.P., York, PA, has announced the closing of its container manufacturing plant in Cincinnati as part of its integration efforts front the acquisition of O-I Plastic Container. Approximately 75 employees will be affected by...

Henkel Corp., Bay Point, CA, and Aviall Inc., Memphis, TN, have reached an agreement that will make Aviall an authorized distributor of Henkel aerospace products in the United States.(COMPANY NEWS)
February 1, 2006... HENKEL CORP., Bay Point, CA, and AVIALL INC., Memphis, TN, have reached an agreement that will make Aviall an authorized distributor of Henkel aerospace products in the United States. Aviall began marketing and distributing Henkel products...

ITW Performance Polymers.(COMPANY NEWS)(ITW Performance Polymers)(Schnee-Morehead Inc.)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... ITW PERFORMANCE POLYMERS, Danvers, MA, has acquired Schnee-Morehead Inc., a manufacturer of adhesives and sealants for the construction and aerospace industries. A privately held company based in Irving, TX, Schnee-Morehead manufactures and...

Novamelt-Jowat LLC.(COMPANY NEWS)(Novamelt)(Jowat AG)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... NOVAMELT-JOWAT LLC, a joint venture between German companies Novamelt and Jowat AG, has announced plans to both produce and distribute pressure-sensitive adhesives and UV-curing PSAs in the United States. Construction of a new manufacturing...

Royal Adhesives and Sealants LLC, South Bend, IN, has announced the completion of its acquisition of the assets of J&R Industries Inc., Wilmington, CA.(COMPANY NEWS)(Royal Adhesives & Sealants LLC)(J&R Industries Inc.)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... ROYAL ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS LLC, South Bend, IN, has announced the completion of its acquisition of the assets of J&R Industries Inc., Wilmington, CA. J&R Industries, which has been in business for over 25 years, serving both domestic and...

Ampac Flexibles.(PEOPLE)(Ampac Packaging L.L.C. appoints Dave Bartish and Tricia Reighard)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... DAVE BARTISH has joined the Ampac Flexibles division of Ampac Packaging LLC, Cincinnati, OH, as director of sales. Bartish has almost 20 years of experience in flexible packaging, including sales, sales management and marketing. TRICIA REIGHARD...

The Society of the Plastic Industry Inc.(PEOPLE)(Society of the Plastic Industry Inc. appointed Walt Bishop)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... The Society of the Plastic Industry Inc. (SPI), Washington, DC, has promoted WALT BISHOP to the position of vice president in charge of trade shows. In this position, Bishop's chief responsibility is to oversee the SPI Trade Show Department...

Ultra Additives LLC.(PEOPLE)
February 1, 2006... Ultra Additives LLC, Bloomfield, NJ, has appointed ANDRES GINEZ to the position of Latin America sales manager. Ginez will be responsible for the sales of the company's specialty additives to the worldwide industrial fluid market, and will bc...

Bernie Klos.(PEOPLE)(Association Connecting Electronic Industries appoints Bernie Klos)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... BERNIE KLOS has joined IPC--Association Connecting Electronic Industries, Bannockburn, IL, as its new chief financial officer and vice president of Administration. In this new role, Klos will be responsible for IPC's financial, information...

Sika Corp. wins 5 ASBI awards.(APPLAUSE)(Sika Corp.)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Sika Corp., Lyndhurst, NJ, has announced that it recently received five ASBI Bridge Awards of Excellence. The American Segmental Bridge Institute's biennial awards program recognizes the owners of bridges that show excellence in concrete...

Price adjustments.(COMPANY NEWS)(Degussa Corp.)(Dow Chemical Co.)(Elotex AG)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... PRICE ADJUSTMENTS COMPANY PRODUCT BASF. Charlotte. NC Luvitec[R] and Luvicross[R] polyvinylpyrrolidone products (U.S., Canada and Mexico) Degussa...

Steve Mariconti.(PEOPLE)
February 1, 2006... STEVE MARICONTI has joined Daikin America Inc., Orangeburg, NY, as a Technical Service & Applications Development Manager for DAI-EL[R] High Performance Fluoroelastomers. In this role, Mariconti will be responsible for providing technical and...

Dow Automotive.(PEOPLE)
February 1, 2006... Dow Automotive, Auburn Hills, MI, has named BOB ROGOWSKI executive director of its Ford Business Unit. Rogowski is responsible for leading all customer initiatives at Ford Motor Co., and replaces Bill Blank, who recently accepted the role of...

Specialty Polymers Inc.(PEOPLE)
February 1, 2006... Specialty Polymers Inc., Woodburn, OR, has named NERISSA SWAIM as its new applications and formulations manager. Swaim brings to the company extensive experience in the coatings industry, having most recently served as a senior chemist at...

The Dow Chemical Co.(PEOPLE)(Dow Chemical Co. appoints Flavio Teruzzi and Carol Dudley)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI, has announced the appointment of FLAVIO TERRUZZI to the position of business vice president for Specialty Plastics and Elastomers. Terruzzi most recently served as president and CEO of Equipolymers BV, a joint...

MIXPAC Equipment Inc.(PEOPLE)
February 1, 2006... MIXPAC Equipment Inc., Salem, NH, has hired HAYDEN TURNER as head of Engineering Applications. In his new position, Turner is responsible for providing customers with enhanced technologies for applying dual-component reactive resins.

Liveris receives honorary doctorate from University of Queensland; named Alumnus of the Year.(APPLAUSE)(Andrew N. Liveris of Dow Chemical Co. awarded)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Andrew N. Liveris, president, chief executive officer and chairman-elect of The Dow Chemical Co., has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Liveris, who earned a bachelor's degree with...

Calendar.(Calendar)
February 1, 2006... FEBRUARY 2006 5-10 Professional Development Courses at IPC Printed Circuits Expo, APEX and Designers Summit: IPC--Association Connecting Electronics Industries: Anaheim, CA; (847) 597-2877. AlexandraCurtis@ipc.org. www.GoIPCShows.org ...

Empty promises.(foreign business enterprises)
February 1, 2006... The check is in the mail. I'll respect you in the morning. This stock is a sure thing. To this list of famous false promises, allow me to add the following: "Mr. VIP is my good friend (or former colleague, classmate or family member), and with...

A lighter load: advances in structural bonding drive lightweight and fuel-efficient automotive body structure designs.(Cover story)
February 1, 2006... Structural bonding in the automotive industry has evolved significantly since its early use in the 1990s. Originally, adhesives were primarily used to complement spot welds to provide sealing and corrosion protection. However, advancements in...

Give glue a go: adhesives offer cost-effective alternative to welding.
February 1, 2006... Although the growing market acceptance of adhesives as a cost-effective alternative to welding is intriguing to many, companies with roots and expertise in aluminum welding are often skeptical to give glue a go. Such was the case for...

A sticky optimization: a statistical method for process optimization.(of adhesive tape making )
February 1, 2006... Technical professionals in the pressure-sensitive adhesives area are highly skilled and educated in tape-making processes. They have often taken course-work in the areas of PSA tape properties, characteristics of tape-making, web-handling,...

How sealants function.
February 1, 2006... Sealants are generally chosen for their ability to fill gaps, resist relative movement of the substrates, and exclude or contain another material. Sealants are generally lower in strength than adhesives, but have better flexibility. Usually, a...

Semiconductor light matrix: a new UV technology for curing adhesives.(ultraviolet)
February 1, 2006... Photopolymer material chemistries were introduced in the 1960s as an alternative to solvent-based material chemistries. Their advantages were so readily apparent that they were quickly adopted for many industrial applications. Photopolymer...

State of the industry roundtable: ASI asked a handful of business leaders to share their thoughts on the adhesives and sealants industry going into 2006. Here's what they had to say.(future for adhesives and sealants industry discussed)(Discussion)
February 1, 2006... THE PARTICIPANTS: Richard "Max" Maksimoski, Vice President of Research & Development, Elmer's Glue, Columbus, OH Lex Reynolds, President, The Reynolds Co., Greenville, SC Jerry Perkins, Vice President, Loctite Industrial, North...

Lean solutions: representing corporations with a business process model.
February 1, 2006... Editor's note: This article is an excerpt from the book Creating Lean Corporations, Copyright [R] 2005 Jeffrey Alan Morgan. The starting point for the creation of a lean corporation is the development of a corporate business process model...

Seaside sealant: silicone weather sealing materials specified for oceanside condo rehab.(ADVANCING ADHESIVES)
February 1, 2006... A 20-story Maryland condo is using high-performance silicone sealants and a unique exterior coating to eliminate water intrusion and provide a new aesthetic appeal to the 30-year-old oceanside building. On a site that some call the windiest...

Latex binder: BASF.(RAW MATERIALS)(BASF AG)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Styrofan NX 6690 X is a new latex binder for carpet backing that is ammonia free and provides improved properties that enable the manufacture of more-durable, longer-lasting carpets. The product is a low-odor, frothable dispersion that provides...

Waterproof adhesive: ADM Tronics.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
February 1, 2006... AB2 Adhesive is a water-based laminating adhesive specially designed for laminations of foams and films. The product exhibits exceptional water-resistance properties, with bonds maintained even after total submersion in water. This versatile...

Transfer adhesive: Adchem.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
February 1, 2006... Designed specifically for the industrial and automotive markets, 6403 transfer adhesive provides an aggressive bond to a variety of foam materials and low-surface-energy plastic and rubber substrates. 6403 serves a variety of applications in...

Joint system: Emseal.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
February 1, 2006... This company has announced the availability of COLORSEAL, a unique, pre-compressed, hybrid, silicone-and-impregnated-foam sealant ideal for sealing walls in stadiums, office buildings, casinos, universities, convention centers, government...

Encapsulants: GE.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)(General Electric Co.)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... InvisiSil encapsulants offer long-term durability vs. conventional epoxy resins that can cause device failure in as few as 1,000 hours. InvisiSil encapsulants provide excellent adhesion to a range of case and electrode materials, including...

Duct tape: Gorilla Glue.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)(Gorilla)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... New Gorilla Tape is 2 to 3 times thicker than conventional duct tape and packs significantly more of what makes tape work: adhesive. With 17 mils of thick, aggressive adhesive, this product offers a sticky grip that quickly adheres to surfaces...

Liquid adhesives: ITW TACC.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
February 1, 2006... ITW TACC has introduced three new liquid adhesive products to the company's successful Sea Grip marine adhesives line. These liquid contact adhesives are specially formulated for marine and boatbuilding applications, and complement Sea Grip's...

Gap filler: Laird Technologies.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)(Laird Technologies)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... The T-flex[TM] 300 is a highly compressible gap filler designed to provide excellent thermal performance while remaining cost effective for state-of-the-art computer and telecommunication applications. Providing the thermal transfer solution...

Vinyl bumper sticker product: Rayven.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
February 1, 2006... This company has announced the introduction of its new white vinyl bumper sticker product known as Rayven 924. Rayven 924 has exceptional bonding properties and is backed with permanent removable adhesive that will stick to chrome, paint,...

Acrylic transfer adhesive: Scapa North America.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
February 1, 2006... Unifilm[R] U725 is a high-performance acrylic transfer adhesive formulated for high-temperature gasketing/sealing, product assembly and general-purpose bonding. The product is ideal for thermal management applications, including wood stove and...

Duct tape: Tyco Plastics & Adhesives.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
February 1, 2006... Tyco Plastics & Adhesives (TPA) now offers an oversized 12-inch by 30-foot roll of Big Fix[TM] duct tape to patch, bond or seal large areas with a single swatch. Big Fix's patent-pending design includes a storage container for portability, a...

Pleated filters: D-Mark.(EQUIPMENT)
February 1, 2006... This company has expanded its OdorGuard Plus Product Line to include 1", 2" and 4" Pleated Filters with adsorbent loadings of 125,250, and 375 grams per square foot of filter area, respectively. The "Plus" pleats offer equal volumes of 60%...

Bevel gear operators: Flowserve Corp.(EQUIPMENT)
February 1, 2006... Flowserve Corp. has announced the launch of the Limitorque Actuation Systems MT series of bevel gear operators. MT series operators are optimized to deliver reliable performance in power industry valve applications, among other uses. Designed...

Dispensing robot: I&J Fisnar.(EQUIPMENT)
February 1, 2006... The new I&J7100 bench top Cartesian dispensing robot is an ideal choice when cost and bench space are important considerations. The I&J7100 robot handles a dispensing area of 8 x 6 inches and is capable of storing up to 100 different programs....

Peristaltic dispenser: Loctite Corp.(EQUIPMENT)
February 1, 2006... The Loctite[R] Benchtop Peristaltic Dispenser is a reliable volumetric dispense system for single-component, low-viscosity fluids. Designed for highly precise dispensing applications requiring both dot-to-dot or continuous bead repeatability,...

Bench dispenser: MIXPAC.(EQUIPMENT)
February 1, 2006... The MIXPAC DXB Bench Dispenser is a portable, bench-top unit that offers a fast, simple and accurate solution for dispensing two-component reactive resins of 1:1, 1.5:1,2:1,4:1 and 10:1 ratios. The DXB is a versatile and economic dispensing...

Recirculating chillers: PolyScience.(EQUIPMENT)
February 1, 2006... Designed and engineered to optimize process protection, PolyScience 5000 and 6000 Series Recirculating Chillers feature adjustable temperature, pressure, and flow rate alarms that alert users to problems like blocked cooling lines or overload...

Dual-shaft mixer: Charles Ross and Son Co.(Charles Ross and Son Co announced the launch of a new Dual-Shaft VersaMix )(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... This company has announced the launch of a new Dual-Shaft VersaMix design that incorporates a special helical agitator and high-speed dispersion blade. This combination of agitators provides improved axial and radial turnover of the materials...

Meter system: Sealant Equipment & Engineering.(EQUIPMENT)
February 1, 2006... The Servo-Flo[R] 505 Fixed-Ratio Meter System is ideal for automated, robotic or manual dispensing applications. This single-servomotor dispensing system allows fixed and variable dispense rates while providing on-ratio materials that meet...

Updated website: Accuplace.(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... This company's updated website enables engineers and manufacturing and operations managers to learn about problem analysis and solution without facing problems firsthand. Sorted by market segment or automation grades, the site provides more...

White pigment website: Bunge.(Pigments industry to launch a website)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... This company has announced the launch of its new website dedicated to BIPHOR[TM] white pigment, www.biphorpigments.com. Now, formulators of paints, coatings and allied products can log on for a ready introduction to the revolutionary product...

Market report: Greystone Material Technologies.(Greystone Material Technologies uses adhesives for medical devices)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Adhesives are critical components in the design and manufacture of the majority of medical devices. As medical devices become smaller and more complex, greater demands are being made on the materials and components used in them. As the...

Online performance guides: MACtac.(Morgan Adhesives Co' product guides available online)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... To help educate OEMs and converters on the applications, physical properties, chemical resistances and shelf lives of MgCtac's pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes, this company has made its product performance guides available online. These...

Updated website: Plasticolors Inc.(Plasticolors Inc announced the launch of a renovated website )(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Plasticolors Inc. recently announced the launch of a renovated website offering readers a colorful, in-depth look at how the company utilizes the latest advancements in color and dispersion science to provide optimum solutions for each...

Online resource: SMTA.(RESOURCES)
February 1, 2006... The information presented in the newly established resource on smta.org for Environmental Compliance & Lead-Free Technology includes an event listing, related links, and technical resources the SMTA offers, such as technical articles in the...

Elastomer compounders booklet: Sartomer.(RESOURCES)
February 1, 2006... This company has announced the release of Elastomer Cure Concepts, Volume IX, a 20-page technical booklet written for elastomer compounders. ElastomerCure Concepts provides compounders with the data necessary to improve the processing and...

Dyne testing manual: UV Process Supply.(RESOURCES)
February 1, 2006... A critical step in successful printing is matching the substrate surface tension to an ink or coating's surface energy. While many users are familiar with the concept of performing dyne testing to determine substrate surface tension, there is a...

Ask Dr. Dave.(solvent based adhesives for rubber products)
February 1, 2006... QUESTION: What is happening with solvent-based adhesives? Are there any good reasons to use them anymore? ANSWER: Many solvent-based adhesives have been replaced by emulsions and 100% reactive systems because of health and flammability...