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Sealant Specified as Fix For Tesla Water Ingress Problem
Sealant Specified as Fix For Tesla Water Ingress Problem A new Tesla service bulletin to address 2020-2023 Model Y and 3 water ingress issues specifies re-sealing the liftgate assembly using Loctite brand hybrid polymer and sealant and a gasket....
New Degradable Adhesive Utilizes Thionolactone Additive For Recycling Applications
New Degradable Adhesive Utilizes Thionolactone Additive For Recycling Applications In an effort to address recycling of products using adhesives and adhesive labels, a University of Surrey team has developed an experimental new degradable adhesive...
Smart Packaging Trends to Watch for in 2023 and Beyond
Smart Packaging Trends to Watch for in 2023 and Beyond Smart packaging, also known as intelligent packaging, amplifies packaging systems used for foods, pharmaceuticals, and other products. It can be used in many ways, but the primary uses are...
PPG Opens $30 Million Battery Pack Application Center in Tianjin, China
PPG Opens $30 Million Battery Pack Application Center in Tianjin, China PPG announced that it has opened a battery pack application center (BPAC) in Tianjin, China. The $30-million facility features a full range of capabilities to test the...
IKEA Partners with New Zealand Company for New Plastic Waste-Derived Adhesive
IKEA Partners with New Zealand Company for New Plastic Waste-Derived Adhesive Inter IKEA has signed a development and access agreement with Auckland, New Zealand-based NILO, a deep-tech startup company that has developed and patented a plastic...
Tackling EV Supply Chain Challenges
Tackling EV Supply Chain Challenges Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is fast-growing. It’s predicted that there will be 74 EV models in North America by 2025, and by 2029 EVs could account for as much as a third of the North American market. The...
Henkel celebrates 100 years of Adhesive Technologies
Henkel celebrates 100 years of Adhesive Technologies Henkel reports that 100 years ago this week, they began selling their first adhesive solutions to neighboring companies. From the development of laundry detergent packaging adhesives for its own...
Three New Adhesive & Sealant Concrete Repair Products
Three New Adhesive & Sealant Concrete Repair Products DAP has created three new products for repairing concrete including a Concrete Crack Filler, All-Purpose Adhesive & Filler, and Anchoring Adhesive. The DAP Concrete family of products...
Bostik and Polytec PT Launch a New Thermal Conductive Adhesive Range for Battery Pack Assemblies
Bostik and Polytec PT Launch a New Thermal Conductive Adhesive Range for Battery Pack Assemblies Bostik and Polytec PT have collaborated to launch a new range of thermal conductive adhesives (TCA) to address the challenge of thermal management in...
Jowat to Build New Manufacturing Facility in China
Jowat to Build New Manufacturing Facility in China Jowat China Adhesives Co. Ltd., founded in 2022 by Jowat SE, recently laid the cornerstone of a new manufacturing location in Pinghu City, Jiaxing in China’s Zhejiang province. In addition to a...
New Modular Gear Pump Metering & Mixing System
New Modular Gear Pump Metering & Mixing System METER MIX has introduced the LiquidFlow 30M, a metering and mixing system that uses modular gear pump technology. The machine is primarily used for potting two-component resins, and the company...
New $750 Million Manufactured Homes Builder to Open First U.S. Based Facility in Georgia
New $750 Million Manufactured Homes Builder to Open First U.S. Based Facility in Georgia ADMARES, a Finland based maker of factory-produced homes and buildings, plans to establish its first U.S. facility in Southeast Georgia. The company utilizes...
Covestro Signs First Major Renewable Energy Agreement for its US Operations
Covestro Signs First Major Renewable Energy Agreement for its US Operations Covestro has signed a 90 megawatt (MW) virtual power purchase agreement (vPPA) with Ørsted, a clean energy leader in the U.S. market, headquartered in Denmark. With various...
WACKER Completes Capacity Expansion for Dispersions and Powders in Nanjing
WACKER Completes Capacity Expansion for Dispersions and Powders in Nanjing WACKER has completed its Nanjing, China site expansion focused on vinyl-acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions and VAE dispersible polymer powders. The company's new...
North America is Now the Growth Leader for New Battery Factories
North America is Now the Growth Leader for New Battery Factories North America became the fastest-growing regional market for planned new battery cell manufacturing factories by the end of 2022, according to a new report released by Clean Energy...
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Adhesives and Sealants in Battery and Hybrid Electric Vehicles White Paper
Adhesives and sealants are critical to increasing the durability of countless products we use and rely on every day. From sealing sensitive components against contaminants and decreasing fatigue on bonded materials to adding strength to cutting-edge materials during manufacturing and eliminating corrosion to extend the life of finished goods, adhesives and sealants improve the durability of end use products and essential components in complex fabrications.
Adhesive and Sealant Selection Guide for OEM Paint, Trim and Final Assembly Shops
Adhesives and sealants are critical to increasing the durability of countless products we use and rely on every day. From sealing sensitive components against contaminants and decreasing fatigue on bonded materials to adding strength to cutting-edge materials during manufacturing and eliminating corrosion to extend the life of finished goods, adhesives and sealants improve the durability of end use products and essential components in complex fabrications.
Adhesives and Joining Methods in Land Transportation White Paper
Adhesives and sealants are critical to increasing the durability of countless products we use and rely on every day. From sealing sensitive components against contaminants and decreasing fatigue on bonded materials to adding strength to cutting-edge materials during manufacturing and eliminating corrosion to extend the life of finished goods, adhesives and sealants improve the durability of end use products and essential components in complex fabrications.
Adhesive and Sealant Selection Guide for OEM Body Shops
Adhesives and sealants are critical to increasing the durability of countless products we use and rely on every day. From sealing sensitive components against contaminants and decreasing fatigue on bonded materials to adding strength to cutting-edge materials during manufacturing and eliminating corrosion to extend the life of finished goods, adhesives and sealants improve the durability of end use products and essential components in complex fabrications.
Adhesive Opportunity and Outlook in Light Vehicles White Paper
Adhesives and sealants are critical to increasing the durability of countless products we use and rely on every day. From sealing sensitive components against contaminants and decreasing fatigue on bonded materials to adding strength to cutting-edge materials during manufacturing and eliminating corrosion to extend the life of finished goods, adhesives and sealants improve the durability of end use products and essential components in complex fabrications.
Adhesive Opportunity and Outlook in Heavy Duty Trucks and Buses White Paper
Adhesives and sealants are critical to increasing the durability of countless products we use and rely on every day. From sealing sensitive components against contaminants and decreasing fatigue on bonded materials to adding strength to cutting-edge materials during manufacturing and eliminating corrosion to extend the life of finished goods, adhesives and sealants improve the durability of end use products and essential components in complex fabrications.
Explore the Cars, Trucks & Buses Sub-Market
The cars, trucks & buses market is a sub-segment of the transportation market. Manufacturers use adhesives and sealants widely to decrease weight (lightweighting using adhesive bonding vs. mechanical fasteners), increase durability, manufacturing efficiencies, aesthetics, comfort, sustainability, and to comply with various regulations.
Retail (Consumer/DIY) Market White Papers & Selection Guides...
Adhesives and Sealants Chemical Management and Sustainability in Retail Markets (Consumer/DIY)
Adhesives and sealants are critical to increasing the durability of countless products we use and rely on every day. From sealing sensitive components against contaminants and decreasing fatigue on bonded materials to adding strength to cutting-edge materials during manufacturing and eliminating corrosion to extend the life of finished goods, adhesives and sealants improve the durability of end use products and essential components in complex fabrications.
Explore the Retail (Consumer/DIY) Market
One of the most important things to know about the Consumer/Do-It-Yourself (DIY) market is that there is NO one adhesive that can do it all. Despite what the advertiser may say, one must be a careful consumer to select the right adhesive for the job. Several categories of adhesives exist in the marketplace today, including Multi-purpose, Instant Glue, Wood Glue and One and Two-Part Adhesives.