Not a blog about us, but technical knowledge on sealants and adhesives: what happens chemically, why it fails in practice, and how data and AI make the lab faster. Manufacturer-neutral, from our own work.
News from standardisation, raw material markets and the lab – with a short read on what it means for your formulation.
ECHA's Committee for Risk Assessment recommends Carc. 1B and STOT RE 1 for talc. That is not yet binding law – but the generic 0.1 per cent limit for mixtures already turns this into a planning task for every talc-containing formulation.
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The End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation (EU) 2026/1738 entered into force on 13 August 2026. The widely quoted 25 per cent quota "from 2030" does not exist in that form – what becomes binding is 15 % from 2032 and 25 % from 2036. What that means for materials, joining technology and coatings.
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Since 12 August 2026 the EU Packaging Regulation PPWR (EU) 2025/40 has applied. What recycled-content quotas, design for recycling and reuse targets mean for cartridges, pails, jerrycans and IBCs – and which points manufacturers should tackle now.
Read articleHow sealants and adhesives actually work: cure chemistry, raw materials, characteristics – technically sound, without marketing.
Three crosslinker systems for 1K RTV silicone, three entirely different jobs. What is split off during cure decides the substrate, the odour, the corrosion and the price.
Read articleFrom the joint, not from the textbook: substrates, adhesion, processing, failure patterns and their causes.
Firm on the outside, soft inside: when 1K RTV silicone fails to cure through, the material is almost never at fault. The five most common causes – and how to tell them apart in the lab.
Read articleWhat materials informatics delivers in the day-to-day of a development lab – and what it does not.
Every development lab has decades of data. It just sits in Excel, in lab notebooks and in people's heads. Why that is the real hurdle for AI – and where the entry point actually is.
Read articleI answer technical questions directly – no sales pitch. Thirty minutes is usually enough to pin down the cause.
