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BASF spotlight: Lower-carbon raw materials for tape PSAs

Posted on: 27 January 2026 Raw materials supplier BASF supports tape makers with Acronal® dispersions and acResin® UV hot melts, combining high performance with biomass-balance routes.

Why Europe’s economic reality shows up first in adhesive tapes

Posted on: 27 January 2026 Europe’s slowdown is structural, not cyclical, and as pressure ripples through industry, adhesive tapes act as early indicators of resilience and risk.

Green Chemical unveils low cost route to high purity HMF for bio based adhesives and tape substrates

Posted on: 27 January 2026 Green Chemical, a venture originating from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (now the Institute of Science Tokyo) and Tohoku University, has announced a technological breakthrough enabling the low cost production of high purity HMF (hydroxy-methyl-furfural ~99.9%) from renewable biomass such as glucose.

Afera, FINAT and CELAB Europe submit joint letter on release liner status under the PPWR

Posted on: 27 January 2026 On 16 January, Afera submitted a joint letter to the European Commission regarding the regulatory status of release liners under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

A 2026 resolution: Keeping our industry intelligent

Posted on: 26 January 2026 In a layered, unstable world, Afera’s President calls for shared intelligence, co-operation and long-term thinking over oversimplification.

European Tape Week 2026: First sponsors confirmed, call open

Posted on: 26 January 2026 H.B. Fuller joins as first Platinum Sponsor, with TS Converting Equipment │ Elite Cameron and Synthomer as Gold Sponsors. Sponsorship call remains open.

ECHA webinar on aromatic brominated flame retardants: Why it matters for the tape value chain

Posted on: 22 January 2026 ECHA is hosting a webinar on 29 January 2026 on its call for evidence supporting the preparation of a potential REACH restriction for aromatic brominated flame retardants (ABFRs). The session runs 11:00–13:00 Helsinki time (10:00–12:00 CET).

GTF/GTMC pre-meeting aligns five associations on Tokyo 2026, test methods and JATMA’s call for papers

Posted on: 20 January 2026 On Thursday 8 January 2026, representatives from the world’s regional adhesive tapes organisations, PSTC (USA), Afera (Europe), CATIA (China), TAAT (Taiwan) and JATMA (Japan), held a one-hour online pre-meeting of the 8th Global Tape Forum (GTF) and Global Test Methods Committee (GTMC) event.