Adhesives & Sealants Industry articles from March 2008

Adhesives & Sealants Industry archives from March 2008

There ain't no education in the second kick of a mule.(GUEST EDITOR'S MEMO)(Editorial)
March 1, 2008... My late father had a wonderful sense of humor and an uncanny ability to get straight to the heart of any issue, regardless of the amount of accompanying "fluff." He could read people like a book and was full of one-liners, for any situation....

Diamon-Fusion International Inc.(COMPANY NEWS)(NanoTrade)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... DIAMON-FUSION INTERNATIONAL INC., San Clemente, CA, a global developer and exclusive licensor of patented hydrophobic nanotechnologies, has announced the execution of a sales representation agreement with NanoTrade, a progressive and reputable...

Fusion UV Systems Inc.(COMPANY NEWS)
March 1, 2008... FUSION UV SYSTEMS INC. has announced the restructuring of its distribution operations in the United Kingdom. Fusion will transfer the sales and service of Fusion customers in the Benelux countries and the UK/Eire from Fusion UK to an...

GW Plastics.(COMPANY NEWS)
March 1, 2008... GW PLASTICS has announced its expansion into the Liquid Silicone (LSR) market with the creation of GW Silicones. GW Silicones will be located at GW Plastics' Royalton, VT, technology and tooling campus, and will provide extensive...

Henkel.(COMPANY NEWS)(Henkel Adhesives Corp.)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... HENKEL, Irvine, CA, has announced that its electronics group has completed an expansion of its state-of-the-art R&D and Applications laboratory in the company's Hemel Hempstead facility in the United Kingdom. Though officially opened in the...

Jon Bouchard.(OBITUARY)(Obituary)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Stahl Holdings bv, Waalwijk, Holland, has announced the death of Jon Bouchard, president of its Performance Coatings Division. Bouchard joined Stahl over 40 years ago and spent his entire career at the company's Peabody, MA, facility. In...

Hood to receive Pittcon Heritage Award.(ANNOUNCEMENT)(Leroy Hood)(Chemical Heritage Foundation )(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) has announced that Leroy Hood will receive the seventh annual Pittcon Heritage Award. Jointly sponsored by the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon) and CHF, this...

The international electronics manufacturing initiative (iNEMI).(COMPANY NEWS)
March 1, 2008... THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING INITIATIVE (iNEMI), Herndon, VA, has announced the opening of a new office in Shanghai, China. Prof. B.I. Keyun of the Chinese Electronic Packaging Society and Huang Jianzhong from the Ministry of...

Interpolymer.(COMPANY NEWS)
March 1, 2008... With the opening of a sales office and laboratories in Shanghai, China, INTERPOLYMER has announced plans to provide improved customer services in the Asia-Pacific region. INTERPOLYMER Shanghai is located in a two-story building in the XuHui...

Malvern Instruments.(COMPANY NEWS)
March 1, 2008... MALVERN INSTRUMENTS, Malvern, UK, has acquired Viscotek Corp., Houston, a leading provider of chromatography solutions for the characterization of natural and synthetic polymers and proteins. The Viscotek acquisition brings new and...

SPX Corp.(COMPANY NEWS)
March 1, 2008... SPX CORP., Charlotte, NC, has announced the completion of its acquisition of APV, a global manufacturer of process equipment and engineered solutions. APV was previously a division of Invensys PLC, an international industrial automation,...

Victrex.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... VICTREX, West Conshohocken, PA, has announced that its APTIV[TM] film has been selected by Dornier MedTech for the marking labels on reusable light conductors in its high-quality solid-state lasers. APTIV film was selected because of its...

RPM International Inc.(PEOPLE)
March 1, 2008... RPM International Inc., Medina, OH, has announced the appointment of retired U.S. Army General JOHN P. ABIZAID to its board of directors. Abizaid will be a Class II member of the board and serve on its compensation committee. His term will...

Price adjustments.(COMPANY NEWS)(Table)
March 1, 2008... PRICE ADJUSTMENTS COMPANY PRODUCT INCREASE Bayer MaterialScience, Aliphatic HDI derivatives 0.40/kg Leverkusen, Germany and aromatic (aliphatic ...

Rodney Brooks to deliver opening keynote address at IPC Printed Circuits Expo.(ANNOUNCEMENT)
March 1, 2008... On a day when many countries celebrate their own customs of fun and light-hearted humor, IPC--Association Connecting Electronics Industries[R] will welcome Rodney Brooks, Ph.D., director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence...

Momentive Performance Materials.(PEOPLE)
March 1, 2008... Momentive Performance Materials, Wilton, CT, has appointed ROBERT BENSON to the position of global marketing leader for Release Coatings and Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives. In his new role, Benson will be responsible for the strategy and global...

Michelman.(PEOPLE)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Michelman, Cincinnati, has hired ALAN BLAKE as its new chief financial officer and vice president, Finance. In his new role, Blake will lead the retooling of the company's IT infrastructure and financial systems to...

Elmer's launches national glue crew recycling program.(ANNOUNCEMENT)
March 1, 2008... Schools across the U.S. can save glue bottles, glue sticks and ultimately the planet one orange cap at a time. Elmer's[R] Products Inc., an industry leader in adhesives, arts and crafts, office and educational products, has announced the launch...

Tesa Tape Inc.(PEOPLE)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] tesa tape inc., Charlotte, NC, has announced the promotion of CLAY GOINS to its sales force. Goins was promoted to the position of sales specialist for appliance markets after serving in the company's Information...

Sartomer Co.(PEOPLE)
March 1, 2008... Sartomer Co., Exton, PA, has named ADAM OPPENSTEIN senior technical sales representative for the U.S. Western region. In this position, Oppenstein is responsible for sales and technical support for all Sartomer products in Alaska, Arizona,...

Fluid Research.(PEOPLE)
March 1, 2008... ERIC OSTER has been named vice president of Administration at Fluid Research, Tustin, CA. In this role, Oster will oversee all administrative aspects of the company, from personnel management to managing continued expansion phases of Fluid...

ASME Committee on Ethical Standards and Review.(PEOPLE)
March 1, 2008... EDWARD T. OSTROWSKI, P.E., an engineer at Fluor Enterprises, Greenville, SC, will begin a term as chair of the ASME Committee on Ethical Standards and Review (CESR) in June. Ostrowski has served on CESR since the committee's inception in 2005....

Nynas.(PEOPLE)(appointment of Michael Rihovsky)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... MICHAEL RIHOVSKY has been named regional sales director for Nynas, a global leader in napthenics production headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. In his new role in Nynas' Houston, TX, office, Rihovsky will lead operations in North and South...

Dow Reichhold.(PEOPLE)
March 1, 2008... RENEE DAVIS SHREVES has joined Dow Reichhold, Research Triangle Park, NC, as a senior sales representative specializing in business development. Shreves previously served as national sales and marketing manager for Quaker Color, and she also...

Atlas Material Testing Technology.(PEOPLE)
March 1, 2008... Atlas Material Testing Technology, Chicago, has named RICK WEILER as its new president and CEO. Weiler previously served as vice president and general manager of Specialty and Commercial Lighting at PerkinElmer Optoelectronics, where he also...

Calendar.(COMPANY NEWS)(Calendar)
March 1, 2008... MARCH 2008 1-7 Pittcon 2008; The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy; Ernest N. Morial Convention Center; New Orleans; www.pittcon.org 13 SOCMA's Annual March Luncheon; Synthetic Organic Chemical...

Rahn USA Corp. celebrates 10 years.(FOCUS ON)(Company overview)
March 1, 2008... Rahn USA Corp. is celebrating its 10th anniversary on the occasion of this year's RadTech UV&EB Technology Expo & Conference in its hometown of Chicago. Incorporated in 1997, the company opened for business in April of 1998 and has been...

Sealants 101.
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sealants have existed for hundreds of years. The Tower of Babel was reportedly built with mortar and tar or pitch as a sealant. Naturally occurring bitumen and asphalt materials have been widely accepted as sealants...

Tailored solutions: adhesives that stick to their promises: Levamelt opens up new fields of application for the adhesives sector.
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From bomb-proof bonding of bodywork parts to easily detachable sticky notes, adhesives not only need to bond, but also let go at the right time. This, in turn, raises the importance of adhesive raw materials whose...

Coming clean: a new styrene dissolver can save time and money for manufacturers.
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For today's resin manufacturers, fouled reactors after production batches are a given. The advancement of resin formulations to meet durability, performance and environmental standards has resulted in production...

Countering the China threat.(Column)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I was recently invited to address a conference for small- to medium-sized manufacturers who are considering how to cope with low-cost competition from China. These companies are too small to easily build a presence...

ASI 2008 raw materials, chemicals and additives handbook.(Cover story)
March 1, 2008... ADDITIVES AND CHEMICAL SPECIALTIES ACCELERATING AND VULCANIZING AGENTS Vulcanizing agents are used to crosslink rubber compounds. The most commonly used material is elemental sulfur, although peroxides are used with some elastomer types....

Polyol: Cognis.(RAW MATERIALS)
March 1, 2008... Sovermol 1092 is a bio-based, VOC-free, branched polyether/ester that shows best performance under critical curing conditions, such as high temperatures and high humidity. Even under extreme conditions, it shows remarkable mechanical...

Hydrocarbon resin: Cray Valley.(RAW MATERIALS)
March 1, 2008... This company has announced the launch of its new Wingtack[R] STS aromatically modified C5 resin. This hydrocarbon resin is designed for improved compatibility and performance with low-cost SBS block copolymers. When used in butadiene-based...

Wax dispersions: Michelman.(RAW MATERIALS)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Michem[R] Guard 349 and Michem[R] Guard 350 from Michelman are two wax dispersions ideal for imparting a matting effect to most aqueous coatings and varnishes. They also enhance other properties such as abrasion...

Release coating system: Dow Corning.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
March 1, 2008... This company has introduced a new Syl-Off[R] Advantage emulsion release coating system. This breakthrough extends the cost-saving benefits of Dow Corning's proven Advantage Series to water-based coating operations. The new system, which...

Phase change materials: Henkel.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PSX-D is a phase change material in liquid form that offers many of the usability and throughput advantages of thermal greases without the drawbacks inherent with some thermal grease applications. By definition,...

Powder adhesive: Hexion.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
March 1, 2008... Wonderbond[R] PA 089 is a 100% powder polymer that provides high-performance adhesion in the coating of molding and frames with thin layers of a blend of adhesives and fillers in order to improve the quality and finishing of the molding. It...

Polymerized thin film: Plasmatech Inc.(FORMULATED ADHESIVES)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PLASMAtech's plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) coating technology provides a "green" alternative for bonding or over-molding metal components. Surface preparation of metal components prior to bonding...

Vacuum pumps: Anver Corp.(EQUIPMENT)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A re-designed line of compressed air-powered, adjustable flow tubes that are suited for applications such as cooling and drying, fume, chip and dust removal, paper feeding, part ejection, and tank purging has been...

Dispensing gun: Bandit Machine Inc.(EQUIPMENT)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bandit Machine Inc. of Ashland, OH, has announced the availability of its new "Quick-Draw" Gun, which has been four years in the making. Features include: zero internal pressure at rest; a replaceable valve module...

Ribbon blenders: Charles Ross & Son Co.(EQUIPMENT)
March 1, 2008... Charles Ross & Son Co. has announced the design of a new model of its popular line of Ribbon Blenders. New B-Blenders are now available at substantially lower prices--the result of new manufacturing plants, higher volume production and a design...

Dispensing systems: EFD Inc.(EQUIPMENT)
March 1, 2008... This company has announced the introduction of its new PicoDot jet dispensing systems. As medical devices, electronics, cell phones and many other products continue to put more and more features into smaller and smaller packages, manufacturers...

Burst detection system: Elfab Ltd.(EQUIPMENT)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To provide OEM customers with a fail-safe burst detection system, Elfab, Europe's leading manufacturer of bursting discs, has expanded its product range to include the OE Flo-Tel[TM]. OE Flo-Tel features all the...

Walk-in oven: Grieve Corp.(EQUIPMENT)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] No. 916 is a gas-heated, 500[degrees]F high-capacity walk-in oven from Grieve currently used for curing epoxy/phenolic fiber-reinforced parts inside steel molds. Workspace dimensions measure 120" W x 144" D x 84" H....

Gantry robot: I&J Fisnar Inc.(EQUIPMENT)
March 1, 2008... I&J Fisnar gantry robots are heavy-duty machines ideal for integrating with two-part fluid metering and mixing systems. The I&J9000 series of machines are Cartesian gantry designs selected for a conveyor-fed process, or for when it is desirable...

Liquid dispenser: I&J Fisnar Inc.(EQUIPMENT)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This company has announced that its JB1113-LF liquid dispenser now conforms to RoHS requirements. Features include timed pulse shot and continuous mode operation. Regulated air output controls the air pressure to...

Ribbon Spreader Tip: Sulzer Mixpac USA Inc.(EQUIPMENT)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This company now offers its Ribbon Spreader Tip designed to apply a flat 1- or 1.5-inch bead of adhesive. The tip snaps on to the end of a static mixer and is perfect for any application where a wide, flat "ribbon"...

China Market study: Plastics Information Direct.(RESOURCES)(Report)
March 1, 2008... Plastics Information Direct, the technical publishing division of Applied Market Information Ltd., has just published a unique techno-economic study entitled Polyurethane in China Market Report. Commissioned and published in their Expert...

Ask Dr. Dave.
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] QUESTION: Our company produces latex concentrate in Malaysia. We intend to diversify our business line into adhesives, but what kind of adhesive can one produce from latex concentrate? ANSWER: Because of its high...