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Sustainable electric vehicle (EV) design – with plastics and composites: a brand new virtual event from Kisaco Research

Posted on: 26 July 2021 Sustainable EV Design, held 20-21 September 2021, will bring together all those who are passionate about innovating in e-mobility to lightweight vehicles

Italian release liner supplier Siliconature joins Afera

Posted on: 26 July 2021 Siliconature, a leading supplier of release liners to the adhesive tape industry, has joined Europe’s only not-for-profit trade organisation representing the interests of the best-in-class businesses within the adhesive tape value chain.

2020 enforcement data reveals increasing number of hand sanitiser imports violating E.U. chemical safety laws

Posted on: 15 June 2021 According to Cefic’s analysis of data reported through the EU’s ‘Safety Gate’, 2020 saw a steep increase in hand sanitiser imports not compliant with the EU chemicals safety rules.

Reconnect in Valencia at Afera’s annual meeting themed “Tape in a circular world”

Posted on: 14 June 2021 Registration is open for Afera’s 64th Annual Conference

Adhesive tapes are the hidden drivers of industry towards climate neutrality by 2050

Posted on: 03 June 2021 Announced in December 2019, the European Green Deal is the embodiment of how the E.U. aims to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals “to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.

Spotlight on raw materials supplier Dow

Posted on: 03 June 2021 Global application technology leader of packaging and specialty plastics Isabelle Uhl reflects on her nearly 3 decades of experience in and service to our European adhesive tape industry collective

Tape manufacturer ATP joins Afera’s Technical Committee

Posted on: 03 June 2021 Afera Secretary-General Astrid Lejeune has announced that tape manufacturer ATP will participate in Afera’s Technical Committee (TC).

Spotlight on raw materials supplier H.B. Fuller

Posted on: 21 April 2021 With further development of PSAs, senior application specialist Jeff Burrington sees expanding interest in non-classic tape constructions coming from the adhesives manufacturer’s business units