Dow Polyurethanes has created VORAPEL Moisture and Chemical Repellant Polyols, a novel new family of hydrophobic polyols for applications that require increased moisture and chemical resistance, including infrastructure, secondary ...
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Finding a Fast Curing Adhesive to Bond Electronic Components A customer was working on a bonding application involving small quartz elements wherein a fast setup and cure were critical. The other requirement was that the cured adhesive ...
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AkzoNobel has finalized the divestment of its Building Adhesives business to Sika AG in a deal worth over $350 million Euro. The deal was first announced on Aug. 8. Under the terms of the deal, all of Building Adhesives' approximately 550 ...
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Mannington Mills announced that it will be implementing a price increase of up to 6 percent on all engineered wood floors, moldings and wood adhesives effective with shipments on January 1, 2014. "The housing market continues to recover ...
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Quick Disconnect vs Hard-Wiring: Selecting a Connectivity SystemA Whitepaper from TURCK, Inc. Today's fast-paced industrial applications require connectivity solutions to increase productivity and accommodate diverse performance ...
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Fasteners are a kind of magical device which are, though small, highly useful and a must in any kind of big or small industry. Fastener is actually a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Fasteners ...
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Dow Chemical Companywill increase its polyol and copolymer capacity at its Freeport, Texas facilities as a result of debottlenecking. "Dow is constantly evolving our technologies to help our customers grow," said Mark Bassett, global ...
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Quick: tell me what you think of when you hear the word "linoleum." Cheap, tacky-looking polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheeting sprawled across your floors, right? With some ridiculous pattern designed to make it look like something else when we ...
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Mullican Flooring recently introducted hardwood floor cleaning products for the first time under its own label. Called the Mullican Flooring Hardwood Floor Care System, the products are packaged as a kit, consisting of a 32-ounce spray ...
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It is hard to argue that hardwood flooring, derived from rapidly renewable trees, is one of the greenest floor covering options available. But is it worth selling that aspect of the floor? For residential consumers, a floor's sustainable ...
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Successfully painting traditionally difficult-to-coat substrates used in a wide range of commercial and industrial applications is now much easier due to a Bayer MaterialScience LLC advance in waterborne primer coating raw material ...
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Emery Oleochemicals, a leading natural-based chemicals producer, has established a new business unit -- Eco-Friendly Polyols (EP) in recognition of the opportunities in the global polyol industry. The EP business offers innovative, ...
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The Dow Chemical Company's Performance Packaging business has launched new innovation center, Pack Studios, which provides packaging solutions through a global network of labs, experts and testing equipment. According to the company, Pack ...
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Exhibiting for the first time at Construct, HPS Schönox is bringing new technologies and products to the commercial building sector that will expand the ability to install more diverse floor coverings over critical subfloors. The ...
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H.B. Fuller, a US-based formulator, manufacturer and marketer of adhesives, has unveiled Sesame High Modulus Tape for produce packaging, providing increased stacking strength with minimum material use for increased box life and reuse. ...
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