Its adhesives solution underscores company’s commitment to a circular economy and to enabling the transition to more sustainable packaging formats.

The coating and adhesive resins business line expects the additional production capacity to be ready as early as the second quarter of 2024, following the double-digit million-euro investment.

Mastin will join the NAM Board to bolster the association’s leadership in policy advocacy, legal action, workforce solutions, operational excellence and news and insights. 

The investment will fund numerous developments across the site, including the transition to automated production processes and plans to increase production capacity and storage space.

Specifically focusing on Scott Bader’s composite and adhesives range, as well as functional polymers used widely in coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers, Biesterfeld Spezialchemie will be working with customers across a number of industrial markets on Scott Bader’s behalf.

The appointments include President of ACTEGA North America and Managing Director of ACTEGA do Brasil.

According to EcoVadis, Scott Bader's sustainability rating has increased to Gold thanks to the implementation of additional measures to report on environmental management, its commitment to reducing emissions by 60% by 2025, and its commitment to be completely carbon neutral by 2028.

Henkel has developed a new adhesive – Loctite 3296 – a dual-cure adhesive for lens bonding in ADAS sensors. The new product provides a very high-cure depth after only a few seconds of exposure to UV-light, and is designed to bond particularly well to aluminum and FR4.

The companies intend to make the creation of sustainable packaging and consumer goods solutions as accessible and simplified as possible for all stakeholders along the value chain. This includes access to in-house testing and certification, joint material science R&D, as well as consultation on sustainable packaging design.