2011 Postconsumer Plastics Recycling in Canada

Introduction This is the third year that Moore Recycling Associates has conducted a survey to determine the amount of postconsumer plas...

Covering your Glass

Sika London City Hall 

SikaMembran® Universal 06 seals 7300 square meters of glass curtain wall. The membrane is adhered with SikaBond®-TF plus system a...

Ashland Inc.: Ashland Performance Materials Launches Arocure™ UV-curable Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesives for Specialty Tapes Applications

Ashland Performance Materials is at the forefront of solvent-based pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA). Recently they introduced the Arocu...

Rock Climbing Robot Can Carry a Load, Sets Sights on Mountain Rescues

A robot weighing just 2.2 lbs has been built to haul up to 15.4 lbs up steep, nearly vertical, surfaces using adhesive feet. The robot, b...

H.B. Fuller Adhesive Earns Rigorous Fire Safety Rating for Door Assembly

H.B. Fuller Company has introduced Swift®lock 2U232-3N, a polyurethane hot melt adhesive for use in constructing fire-resistant doors...

Building Wall Assemblies: Focus on Standards for In-Field Detection of the Sources of Water Leakage into Building Walls

In my last blog, I focused on in-field testing for water leakage into buildings including the wall system.  We reviewed the associ...

FIPG

Formed-in-place gaskets (FIPG) have been in use for a few decades in the automotive industry. Many applications are in the power train sy...

Building Wall Assemblies: Focus on In-Field Testing for Water Leakage into Wall Assemblies

In my last blog, I focused on in-field testing for air leakage into buildings including the wall system.  We reviewed the followin...

How to Seal Exterior Windows Doors and Trim

How to Fix a Small Hole in the Wall

How to Fix a Large Hole in the Wall

Strategic Analysis of Emerging Technologies –Envelope

Laminating Adhesives: Enabling Sustainable Flexible Packaging

Adhesives and Key Essentials for Laminating Biopolymer Films into Flexible Packaging