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Adhesives

Arkema venture to make new glue

by Alexander H. Tullo
January 23, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 3

 

A photo of electronics.
Credit: Arkema
Arkema sees electronics manufacturing as a market for cyanoacrylates.

Arkema’s Bostik adhesives unit has formed Crackless Monomer Company (CMC) with the Taiwanese cyanoacrylate maker Cartell Chemical. Arkema will invest $11 million and have a 51% stake in the firm. The joint venture plans to make next-generation cyanoacrylate adhesives—commonly known as superglue—using “crackless” synthesis, which avoids the typical practice of breaking apart polymers to make reactive monomers.

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