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Dow white paper: Solventless technology for silicone PSAs

Posted on: 16 July 2025 Silicone pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) resist high temperatures, chemicals, moisture, weathering and sunlight. They’re a great choice for tapes, but most commercially available products are supplied in aromatic solvents, which emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that can raise environmental health and safety concerns, no matter which curing system is used.

Afera PPWR decision trees

Posted on: 10 July 2025 We have developed a concise, user friendly guidance document featuring decision trees to help manufacturers and converters interpret the E.U. Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) as it pertains to adhesive tapes and films.

2025 ASI top 20: Leading global adhesives and sealants manufacturers

Posted on: 07 July 2025 The annual ASI Top 20 list includes leading global adhesive and sealant manufacturers, as well as providers of related products such as tapes and labels.

Exaptation: The innovation strategy the adhesive tape industry cannot ignore

Posted on: 04 July 2025 In a second article by Afera President Evert Smit in DICHT! Magazine’s current issue, he argues that in a rapidly shifting market, the adhesive tape industry must embrace exaptation—the evolutionary art of repurposing existing technologies—as a powerful, untapped path to innovation.

The “Swiss army knife” of adhesive technology? Adhesive tapes: often underestimated, yet they provide many answers to current challenges

Posted on: 04 July 2025 Interviewed by DICHT! Magazine, Afera President Evert Smit discusses how adhesive tapes are evolving into multifunctional, future-proof solutions that not only meet rising regulatory demands but also offer untapped potential across industries—from sustainable bonding to smart, robotic applications.

Peeling tape creates microlightning strong enough to power chemistry

Posted on: 03 July 2025 Microlightning from everyday tape may unlock cleaner ways to drive chemical reactions.

Bond, debond, recycle: tesa opens new Debonding on Demand laboratory in Singapore

Posted on: 03 July 2025 tesa, international manufacturer of adhesive tapes and self-adhesive product solutions, is laying the foundation for future adhesive tapes with the opening of a state-of-the-art Debonding on Demand development laboratory.

Market for acrylic PSAs shows steady growth

Posted on: 28 June 2025 A newly published report values the global acrylic pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) market at $ 4,259 million in 2024 and predicts the market will reach $5,864 million by 2031.