When I started college a lifetime ago, we were given a series of placement tests. One of them purported to determine our “specializ...
In the 1990’s, as a senior chemist and laboratory director, I managed about twenty R&D scientists who supported our then-portfo...
With the increase in dietary concerns, there is a need for a new edible material which can be used for adhering spices to foods, particul...
The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) has published a new North America Market Report that provides the 2017 adhesive and sealant global...
Recently one of my long-time colleagues with an electrical engineering background retired. My colleague, being the inventive sort, had de...
Surfactants are surface active agents lowering surface tension or interfacial tension between two liquids or between a liquid and a solid...
Adhesives, though used in a small amount (about 1 wt% of the overall package), offer a very important function to the overall food packag...
Bioadhesives are naturally occurring polymeric materials with adhesive properties. It is often used to describe a glue formed synth...
In an earlier blog HERE, the discussion centered on the fundamentals of barrier properties, how it can be best achieved in a practical an...
The ASC 2015-2019 Water Based Adhesives Report will be the eighth market report that ASC has published over the past 40 months. This repo...
