Evolving Bonding TechnologiesRaw Material AvailabilityBlade RecyclabilityEvolution of Blade DesignsFeatures of Next-Generation Adhesives The global wind energy industry currently consumes around $600 million of adhesives in the manufacture of turbine blades. Adhesives...
Driving Forces for ESG StrategiesPreparation for ESG As we wade into the waters of 2023 planning, it seems the world has finally shifted to a post-COVID mindset. We are all eager to put that era behind us, along with the supply chain upheavals, surging costs, and...
Adhesives in LightweightingChallenges Facing Electric VehiclesLightweighting the Future Lightweighting of structures is most often associated with automotive applications. However, lightweighting is a challenge across the transportation sector, including trucks,...
As the world emerges from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global economy is seeing some positive indicators for growth, with sustained high demand. The recovery gained traction in 2021 following the introduction of vaccines and reduced protocols related to...
The biomimicry toolkit that man has to play with is, for all practical purposes, limitless. The superior designs discovered in nature have inspired many research programs from around the world, both at the university and commercial levels. Reverse-engineering research...
Well over 30 years ago, within the first week of my then-budding career with a global pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape manufacturer, a sales colleague opened a presentation with the phrase, “Tape is my life.” Not only was that the first time I had ever heard...
