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The second European Tape and Label conference took place in Brussels, Belgium, April 28-30. Again organized by Exxon Chemical International, the conference had more than 200 participants from 18 countries, [...]

Adhesion Science Conference Reviews Latest Technology Yet again the Adhesion Science Group of The City University, London, England, provided through its annual conference (March 26-27) what must be gauged as [...]

The biological reduction of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions is the subject of a new joint venture between the British-based international Footwear Technology Center (SATRA), Kettering, and IBS Viridian Ltd., [...]

If access to and information about the European coatings industry are needed, there can be little doubting the value of the first edition of a book entitled 'Who is Who [...]

Surfex 96, held June 24-26 in Harrogate, England, took place on several fronts. The exhibition, organized by the Oil and Color Chemists' Association (OCCA), Wembley, England, attracted 130 exhibitors and [...]

IAL Consultants, London, has published a fully updated guidebook to the European sealant industry. The guidebook contains about 100 pages of information and is a useful tool for suppliers or [...]

The West Eurpean paint industry can expect high-level stagnation with slight profit prospects by the year 2000. The use of decorative paints is forecast to grow, but the expected use [...]

A knowledge-based system for an automated dispensing process is the subject of a paper by Brian L. Davies of Imperial College, London, co-authored by members of the college and Oxford [...]

Major defects in quality assurance tests using industry standard mechanical penetrometers are not only worthless but also misleading, and could lead to serious quality erosion if their conclusions are implemented. [...]

Essential to composites is application of effective adhesives, so the forecasts contained in Frost & Sullivan Market Intelligence's survey of the European composites market may be enlightening to manufacturers and [...]

One of the most significant rubber industry-related events to take place this year, Rubberex/Rubbercon '92, was held June 16-19 at the Metropole Conference and Exhibition Center in Brighton, England. The [...]

In February 1991, the European Commission (EC), Brussels, Belgium, proposed a council regulation to adopt an EC ecolabeling plan. After much discussion, the system of labeling products judged to be [...]

Despite the recession, the British Welding Institute (TWI), Abington, continues a proactive role on the adhesives front, with much European involvement. Currently, it has a program called the Strategic Adhesives [...]

Advances Presented in Plastics and Composites Joining Using adhesives technology to replace or support more conventional joining methods would appear to be an issue currently at the forefront of the [...]

BCMA Addresses Employment; Nordson UK Expands There is a tendency during periods of recession not to be proactive, although some say such difficult periods are the very times to be [...]

Belgian conference covers latest thermoplastic elastomer applications TPE uses in the market areas of defense, safety, industry and leisure were explored by speakers from countries such as England, Belgium, Spain, [...]

It was perhaps with some modesty that the organizers of the first Eurobond conference and exhibition, Network GmbH of Hagenburg, Germany, summarized the event. 'Klein und fein,' or 'small and [...]

Auto Conference Discusses Composite and Plastic Bonding Last November, there was a choice between two interesting conferences in Europe. One event was the fourth international exhibition and conference on adhesives, [...]

Structural Silicone Gives Paris Pyramid a Reflected Glory Rhone-Poulenc S.A., Courbevoie, France, which last year increased its consolidated group sales by 11.8% to reach FF 73.07 billion, continues to reinforce [...]

Dermil Conference Assesses State of Adhesives in 1990 As reported in the August edition of ADHESIVES AGE, fewer attended this year's Dermil Research annual international conference on specialty adhesives and [...]

SPRINT Studies European Adhesive Applications A European Community strategic program for innovation and technology, known as SPRINT, is covering the study of new applications for adhesives with the aim of [...]

Europe's Paint Industry: Four Countries Lead Production THE INCREASING MOMENTUM of environmental concerns is hastening the use of low-solvent and solvent-free coatings in the European paint market, according to IAL [...]

Malaysian rubber production hits high; country will open Chinese bureau According to Datuk Ahmad Farouk bin Hj. S.S. Ishak, controller of rubber research of the Malaysian Rubber Research and Development [...]

CEST Establishes Group To Promote Adhesive Use A detailed examination of the exploitation of adhesive materials within industry is among the first projects being undertaken by the British Centre for [...]

British Firm Surveys Paint Marketplace There have been significant changes in the world paint market in the last few years, according to Williams Holdings PLC, the international Derby, England-based group [...]

Successful K'89 Features Variety of Adhesive Exhibits According to Karlheinz Wismer, managing director of Dusseldorf Trade Fairs, the 11th International Plastics and Rubber Exhibition (K'89) was a resounding success, and [...]

THE SIXTH International Conference on Structural Adhesives in Engineering (SAE VI), which was attended by over 100 delegates and featured 31 papers, was held at Jurys Bristol Hotel in Bristol, [...]

AROUND 300 DELEGATES from 17 countries attended the international symposium Swiss Bonding at Rapperswil on Lake Zurich, Switzerland, May 15 to 17. Approximately 40 papers were presented, and Sika A.G.'s [...]

PRESSURE SENSITIVE adhesives (PSAs) were the subject of a symposium held at the Society of Chemical Industry on April 25. Such PSA-related topics as loop-tack measurements, molecular modeling and waterborne [...]

SHOWCASING A WIDE RANGE of topics that underscored surface science, joint durability and mechanical performance, the 39th annual conference on adhesion and adhesives at Oxford Brookes University, England, provided a [...]

Conference addresses latest R&D developments. Fluorine in Coatings IV was the title of a conference recently organized by the British Paint Research Association (PRA), Teddington, England. One hundred and sixty [...]

In its second overseas acquisition within a year, Asian Paints (India) Ltd. said it acquired Pacific Paints Co. Pty Ltd., Australia's entire paints business for $220,000. Asian Paints said the [...]

Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basle, Switzerland, is selling its masterbatch business. The company said it signed letters of intent with two potential buyers for the sale. One company involved is Megides [...]

Eastman Chemical Co. signed a letter 01 intent (LOI) with Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical Corp. to build world-scale derivative plants for the production of Texanol ester alcohol and TXIB plasticizer in [...]

HIGH-PERFORMANCE liquid chromatography has been used successfully to identify hydroperoxide species in the weathered wood matrix using methyl phenyl sulfide, according to a paper by D. Pascal Kamdem presented at [...]

Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany, and BP Amoco, London, reported having reached a common understanding in principle that Deutsche BP AG, Hamburg, Germany, will acquire Bayer's 50-percent shareholding in their petrochemicals [...]

A 50/50 joint venture was announced between NOF Corp., Shibuyaku, Tokyo, and BASF Coatings AG, Munster, Germany. The company will operate under the name BASF NOF Coatings Co. Ltd. The [...]

Bayer Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany, and Sybron Chemicals Inc., a U.S.-based producer of polymers and specialty chemicals, announced a definitive agreement to acquire all [...]

THE HENKEL GROUP announced a joint venture (J.V.) with OAO Plastik of Syzran, Russia. The new company is set to produce mainly plastisols and polyurethane adhesives for the automotive industry. [...]

A GLOBAL SUPPLY of adhesives raw materials from a small company perspective was discussed by Bruce Stanhope of the Velsicol Chemical Corp., Rosemont, Ill., at FEICA's World Adhesives Conference in [...]

Vantico Ltd. of Basle, Switzerland, announced its half-year sales increased by 14 percent and its three divisions showed strong growth in sales. Vantico is a new company formed in June [...]