ADHESIVES

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ADHESIVES............are remarkably diverse, covering several dozen major categories of materials that accomplish fastening and laminating tasks in over 20 industries.  Those adhesives  that improve the performance to cost ratio grow most rapidly.  Since adhesives may account for only a fraction of the total weight, a higher cost per pound can be tolerated if the resulting product is significantly upgraded.  High performance structural adhesives, pressure-sensitives and hot melts enjoy the best growth.

Engineering/structural (E/S) adhesives are called upon to bond "difficult nonporous substrates such as metal, glass, plastics and rubber, yielding assemblies with high performance characteristics -- structural strength, resistance to heat and solvents, etc.  Leaders among these adhesives are epoxy resins, polyvinyl butyral, polyurethanes, cyanoacrylates, anaerobics, polyamides, polyester and acrylics.  They are high in value, averaging ten times the overall average price.  More than other adhesives, they tend to be 100%solids, applied as hot melts or as curable liquids.  These "high tech" adhesives are thoroughly covered.

Skeist Incorporated's involvement with adhesives dates back to its beginnings when Dr. Irving Skeist, the firm's founder, published the HANDBOOK OF ADHESIVES, over four decades ago.

"ADHESIVES" is a thorough technical, economic, and marketing analysis of the latest developments in this complex industry.

Some of the subjects included in the report are: