Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 25 Issue 1

The increasing importance of hot melt adhesives in product assembly

Peter G. Frankling

Looks at how hot melt adhesives (HMAs) can be used in product assembly and the white goods market in particular, e.g. washing‐machines, freezers, fridges, etc. because of the need…

Reduction of solvents in adhesives

Mike Cook

Examines adhesives and in particular how water‐based hot melt and liquid‐reactive are proposed as viable alternatives to solvent‐based types, quite apart from the health and…

Furan‐amino resins as wood adhesives

F.F. Abd El Mohsen, R.M. Mohsen, Y.M. Abu Ayana

Modern glues are manufactured with high moisture and water resistance; urea‐formaldehyde resins for gluing purposes are based on the fact that excellent control of the…

Acrylic water‐based BOPP packaging tapes

Giuseppe Pedalà

Investigates the European packaging tapes market and how it differs from the rest of the world — particularly North America where bi‐oriented polypropylene (BOPP) is the primary…

Calcium stearate in resins and resinous polymers: part 1

Edgar S. Lower

Calcium stearate has many uses, including that of a flatting agent in paint, a lubricant, plasticizer and leveller for paper coatings, suspending agent in plastic and other…

Adhesives and sealants

A look at some developments in solventless, water‐based, and other resin systems for adhesives, and rubber‐based sealants

Manders is “world's fastest growing ink company”

The transformation of Manders plc from a paints, property and printing inks company to a leading world player in printing inks began in January 1994 when it sold its decorative…