Dymax 9200-W series adhesives are designed for the assembly of wearable consumer (non-medical) electronic devices, where materials are of concern and their proximity to skin matters. This product line was formulated to remove certain skin irritants, such as isobornyl acrylate (IBOA), and is made with low-sensitizing ingredients — all without compromising the quality and high…

Repairing concrete cracks and completing exterior projects has never been easier or more seamless than with the new concrete and adhesive filler products from DAP, a provider of home improvement and construction products. Featuring a Concrete Crack Filler, All-Purpose Adhesive & Filler, and Anchoring Adhesive, DAP’s new Concrete line offers technology designed to ensure reliability.…

Written by Michelle Evanoski, Group Product Manager Global Business Development, Dymax Biocompatibility is a general term to describe that a material’s property is compatible with living tissue or living system. Non-toxic, injurious, or physiologically reactive materials to the body or bodily fluids are considered biocompatible and are often sought by medical device engineers. In simple…

Adhesive and sealant provider, Krayden, Inc., has been officially acquired by Audax Private Equity, an alternative investment manager and capital partner for North American middle market companies. The terms of the deal are not disclosed. Krayden is a value-added distribution platform with longstanding supplier relationships and a solutions-focused technical sales team serving its customers across…

Avery Dennison Performance Tapes has introduced four new tape constructions to its 2023 Core Series Portfolio, which features adhesive technologies in a variety of tape constructions, enabling simplified product selection and rapid quoting. With the addition of these products, the Core Series Portfolio now includes 31 products from 11 adhesive categories — all featuring a…

Written by Mark Jones Stamps used to be something you’d lick before placing on an envelope. Now, they’re something you peel. Peeling a stamp off its backing sheet exposes a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA). Also known as pressure adhesive or self-adhesive, they’re typically used for tape (single or double-sided), stickers, and envelopes. Often PSAs are strongly…

DELO, a global manufacturer of industrial adhesives for the automotive and electronics industries, now offers adhesives for solar cells. These light-curing products, made from epoxy resins or acrylates, are well suited for bonding the protective films of thin-film solar cells. The adhesives also act as an effective barrier against humidity. Thin-film solar cells are used…

Westlake Epoxy will launch its new AZURES product range at the European Coatings Show 2023 in Nuremberg, Germany, from March 28 to 30, 2023. The Azures products are newly developed epoxy resins, modifiers, and curing agents that are free of any SVHC and CMR-labeled substances. As such, they provide better sustainable alternatives to existing technologies…

DELO, a global manufacturer of industrial adhesives for automotive, consumer and industrial electronics applications, has launched a new high-performance micro-dispensing valve that can reproduce dispensing results at a dispensing frequency up to 300 Hz. The plunger speed reaches twice the maximum value of its predecessor, DELO-DOT PN3. This pneumatic jet valve is easy-to-use and features…

  Rotunda Capital Partners has acquired Bron Tapes, a premier distributor and converter of pressure-sensitive tapes and adhesives. Bron is the second investment made from Rotunda’s latest fund, Rotunda Capital Partners Fund III, L.P. Bron is a solutions-oriented partner for its customers, focused on providing the highest level of technical expertise and service. Founded in…