November
ARKEMA FOCUSES ON COMPOSITE 3D PRINTING
This new technology offers promising prospects in the aeronautics, automotive, energy and construction sectors to meet growing demand for lightweight materials. Arkema, a leader in materials for 3D printing and composites, has teamed up with two up-and-coming start‑ups in this field: Continuous Composites for the development of Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D®) technology with Sartomer’s UV-curable resins, and 9T Labs for the 3D printing of Kepstan® PEKK composites.
November
MAJOR AMBITIONS ON THE MICRO-BONDING MARKET
Bostik launched Born2Bond™, a range of innovative, high-performance, fast-cure adhesives designed for high-precision micro-bonding (between 500 microns and 2 mm) in a wide variety of applications. Bostik aims to become a leading player in this rapidly expanding market. See below
December
BOSTIK CARVES OUT A LEADERSHIP POSITION
Bostik has acquired Danish company LIP, one of Scandinavia’s leaders in construction chemicals with its tile adhesives, waterproofing systems and floor preparation solutions, recognized for the quality of its products by building professionals. This project has allowed Bostik to strengthen its presence in Nordic countries.
Born2Bond™
POLIVIO GONCALVES,
Market Manager,
Bostik Engineering Adhesives
Bostik is investing in the rapid-growth market for engineering adhesives with its Born2Bond™ range.
What is it?
Born2Bond™ is a range of high-performance adhesives for applications that require extreme-precision instant adhesive solutions. It targets the electronics market with complex assembly needs such as smartphones and on-board automotive electronics, jewelry, luxury packaging, medicine with the assembly of specialist accessories and devices (catheters, ultrasound scanners, etc.), and the maintenance of industrial equipment and vehicles. Together, they represent potential revenues of €7 billion a year, with an estimated annual growth of 9%. We want to be one of the world’s top five manufacturers of engineering adhesives.
What demands do you meet?
Precision, speed and user comfort. We use methoxyethyl cyanoacrylate (MECA) technology to formulate our instant adhesives. The resulting patented products are very fast curing, low-odor and low-blooming – essential qualities for high-end products. Our adhesives fulfill extremely high demands such as complex assembly and design, increasingly rapid curing times, less cost to implement, user comfort, and the need to meet strict environmental and health standards.
How is Born2Bond™ technology innovative?
We are the first firm to offer up to 250% elongation on adhesives that are usually very crystalline. Our MECA-based, low-odor, mono- and duo-component formulas offer much greater user comfort than competitors’ products. The Born2Bond™ Academy is available to our clients and distributors around the world to train their technical and sales teams.