2022 World Adhesive & Sealant Conference (WAC2022) Final Program

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Dear WAC 2022 Attendee: As the official host of the 10th World Adhesive and Sealant Conference, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Chicago on behalf of The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC)! We are honored that you have joined us for this momentous event.

During the next three days, the global adhesive and sealant community will come together to network, collaborate, and learn from keynotes and speakers represented by the industry’s leading companies.

“Securing Our Future” is the theme of WAC 2022, and we have numerous sessions designed to prepare you and your company for tomorrow. More than 90 speakers in 16 separate educational tracks are presenting on key topics such as sustainability, circular economy and sustainable strategies, supply and demand in volatile times, mergers and acquisitions, e-mobility, global drivers and trends, adhesive and sealant product innovation, bio-based and bio-inspired materials, and numerous sessions on market and product specific topics, including hot melt technology for packaging and hygiene, applications in building and construction, high performing structural adhesives, and reactive polyurethane materials to name a few.

The WAC EXPO will feature the largest assembly of adhesive and sealant exhibitors in North America with more than 100 manufacturers, suppliers, and service providers from across the globe. You will also not want to miss Monday’s Chicago-themed Opening Reception and Dinner, the WAC EXPO Reception on Tuesday, and Wednesday’s Great Gatsby-themed Closing Reception and Gala Dinner.

Additionally, the Hot Melt Short Course and Emerging Leaders Workshop held in conjunction with WAC feature outstanding speakers and presentations, offering unique value for attendees on key topics and skills.

Our industry, through its strong resilience, has weathered the Covid-19 pandemic and severe supply chain disruptions, and it is poised for continued global growth. WAC is occurring at the perfect time as the industry is eager to reconnect and reestablish relationships with our suppliers, customers, and vendors in the adhesive and sealant value chain. While the future outlook is favorable, there continue to be concerns about supply chains, workforce, raw material costs, and government regulation. These challenges are felt globally and require increased focus within our industry.

Working together, we will secure our future.

I wish you a successful conference and an enjoyable visit here in Chicago!

William E. Allmond, IV President

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GENERAL INFORMATION Final Program Contents Registration/Badges ....................................................................... 4 Official Organizers ........................................................................ 6 Sponsors ...................................................................................... 8 ASC Board of Directors, ASC Onsite Staff, and WAC Task Force ......... 10 Getting Around Chicago ............................................................... 12 Hotel Floor Plan ........................................................................... 13 Networking Events ....................................................................... 14 Schedule at a Glance ................................................................... 15 Daily Program ............................................................................. 16 Speaker Biographies .................................................................... 25 EXPO Exhibitor List ........................................................................ 33 EXPO Exhibitor Descriptions ........................................................... 35 Registration Kiosk sponsored by

Registration/Information Hours Normandie Lounge, 2nd Floor Sunday, April 24 ................. Noon – 5:00 p.m.

Monday, April 25 ..........7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 26 ...........7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, April 27 .....7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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Convention Tote Bags sponsored by

Badges must be worn at all times during the event. If a badge is not present, you will be denied access to sessions/events.

Notepads sponsored by

Speaker Ready Room PDR 1, 3rd Floor AVPG is the audio-visual needs provider. Speakers may prepare for and/or make changes to their presentations in the Speaker Ready Room. Check with the ASC staff at the Registration Desk if audio/visual technicians are unavailable to assist you.

Networking Lounge & Coffee Break Astoria Room, 3rd Floor Available throughout the day starting on Tuesday, April 26 and Wednesday, April 27 from 10:00 a.m. – Noon and 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. sponsored by

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Speaker Presentations Online* In keeping with the ASC’s continuing efforts to make our events more environmentally friendly, hard copies of presentations will not be available.

Speaker presentations will be made available to all Full Paid attendees on the ASC website following the convention. *Not all presenters have authorized the ASC to publish their presentations.

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OFFICIAL ORGANIZERS Hosted by: The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) is a North American trade association dedicated to representing the adhesive and sealant industry. Incorporated in 1958, ASC is bound by the collective efforts of its members and strives to improve the industry operating environment and strengthen its member companies. ASC members account for more than 75% of the aggregate industry revenues, exceeding some $6 billion annually.

To learn more about ASC, visit www.ascouncil.org.

Co-Promoters: The Adhesives and Sealants Manufacturers Association of Canada (ASMAC)

Bangladesh Adhesive Manufacturers Association (BAMA)

FEICA is a multinational association representing the European Adhesive & Sealant Industry. With the support of 16 national associations and many direct or affiliated members, FEICA coordinates, represents, and advocates the common interests of the Adhesive & Sealant Industry throughout Europe.

China Adhesives and Tape Industry Association (CATIA)

Korea Adhesive Industry Association (KAIA)

Japan Adhesive Industry Association (JAIA)

Taiwan Synthetic Resins & Adhesives Industrial Association (TSRAIA)

Official Media Partner of WAC ASI magazine serves global manufacturers/formulators and end users of adhesives and sealants, pressure sensitives, and other adhesive sealant products both in print and online. Editorial is targeted toward practical solutions to manufacturing, processing, and application problems, as well as technological advances. Visit www.adhesivesmag.com for more information, useful resources, and to subscribe online to the eMagazine and eNewsletters.

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ADHESIVES &SEALANTS

INDUSTRY

Co-Organized by: The Asia Regional Adhesive Council (ARAC) is a federation comprised of four Asian adhesive associations: JAIA (Japan), CATIA (China), TSRAIA (Taiwan), and KAIA (South Korea).

ARAC has been established to harmonize industry statistics and other regional initiatives of interest to Southeast Asia.

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SPONSORS The following companies are the generous sponsors of WAC. Without their contribution, the conference would not be possible.

Platinum ($10,000+)

Gold ($7,500+)

Silver ($5,000+)

Bronze (<$5,000)

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ASC BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF/COMMITTEES ASC Board of Directors Chair Heather Campe Senior Vice President, H.B. Fuller Past Chair Charles Williams Global Senior Technical Director, Avery Dennison Treasurer Forest Driggs Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Franklin International Directors Robert Butera Vice President, R&D & Innovation, DAP Products Inc. Kevin Campbell Senior Director, American Chemical Sales, Kraton Performance Polymers ASC Onsite Staff Bill Allmond President Malinda Armstrong Senior Director, Meetings & Expositions

Darius Deak Global R&D Director, Non Wovens, Bostik, Inc. Joelle Frechette* Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley Gerhard Haas Chief Officer, Human Resources, Purchasing, Quality Management, Research and Development and Technical Services, Jowat Corporation Damon Hollis Americas Sales Manager, Adhesives, Eastman Chemical Company Dan Horner Board Member and Strategic Advisor, Applied Adhesives

Stacy Jordahl Vice President, Resins, Strategic Sourcing and New Business Development, Ingevity Rebecca Miller Vice President, Structural Adhesives, 3M Jack O’Malley Head of Specialty Sales, North America Coatings & Adhesives, Covestro LLC SuAnne Norris Global Account Manager, Plastics & Specialty Products, Dow Mark Schneider President, Albion Engineering Company

Sangeetha Subramanian Marketing Director, ITW Polymers NA Adhesives Rusty Thompson President, Evans Adhesive Corporation Corbett Wallace Corporate VP Packaging & Consumer Goods Adhesives, Henkel Corporation Dave White Senior Vice President, Quality & Risk Management, Sika Corporation William Allmond Ex-Officio Member President, The Adhesive and Sealant Council

Tom Stewart Senior Director, Bostik

Connie Howe Senior Director, Technical Services

Myranda Nickoloff Membership & Database Senior Project Manager

Valeryia Mikharava Director, Finance & Administration

Brian Peters Director, Membership & Industry Programs

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Mani Singh Technical Services Manager Mike Socha Consultant, KDG Marketing

WAC Task Force & Program Planning Committee Andrew Andrade Kirstin Hedin Advanced Polymer H.B. Fuller

Emily McBride LANXESS

Chuck Williams Avery Dennison

Bill Arendt Arendt Consulting

Dan Horner Applied Adhesives

Kim Meidl Teckrez

Amy Woodard Tremco

Heather Campe H.B. Fuller

Yuhong Hu Henkel Corporation

Dan Murad ChemQuest

Bill Allmond ASC

Laura Cansler STI Polymer

Rob Hubbard H.B. Fuller

Jignesh Sheth Henkel Corporation

Shamsi Gravel Emerald Kalama Chemical

Jeff Lamb STI Polymer

David Speth Evans Adhesive

Malinda Armstrong and Connie Howe ASC Staff Advisors

Gerhard Haas Jowat

Yingjie Li Henkel Corporation

Julie Vaughn Emerald Performance Materials

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GETTING AROUND CHICAGO & TOURS The “Windy City”– Rich in History and Culture This famous city has something for everyone – from world-class museums and Michelin-star restaurants to over 200 theatres with incredible shows, and don’t forget about the most amazing street food you’ll find anywhere in the U.S.! No matter what you love to do or where you’re from in the world, you’ll feel right at home doing it here! Overlooking Grant Park, Lake Michigan, and Museum Campus, Hilton Chicago is in walking distance of Solider Field’s games and concerts and the Pilsen neighborhood’s bar and restaurant scene. Hop on the ‘L’ train to Chinatown or simply absorb the arts featured in Wabash Arts Corridor. Enjoy a soulful evening at Buddy Guy’s Legends.

Light Rail From O’Hare International Airport: Hilton Chicago — Take Blue Line to Jackson. At Jackson use the underground tunnel to connect to Red Line. Take the Ride Red Line one stop south in direction 95th St/Dan Ryan to Harrison.

Exit the train on Harrison onto State Street.

Walk south (keep parking lots on your left side) on State Street to Balbo and take a left. Hotel entrance is one block east on the corner of Balbo and Wabash.

From Midway Airport: Hilton Chicago — Take Orange Line from Midway Airport. Exit the train at Roosevelt Road. This will place you at Roosevelt Road and Wabash Ave. Walk north (keeping train tracks on your left side) on Wabash Ave. Walk approximately 5 blocks to 8th St. There is an entrance to the hotel facing 8th St. Pay by downloading the App here: https://www.ventrachicago.com/app/ Tours Explore Chicago before or after the 2022 World Adhesive and Sealant Conference.

To sign up for Chicago tours, visit https://wac2022.org/explore-chicago.

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NETWORKING EVENTS Monday, April 25 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

OPENING CEREMONY Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor Join ASC, Co-Organizers and Media Partner ASI magazine at the official ribbon cutting ceremony, which welcomes the world adhesive and sealant community to Chicago and WAC. 6:30 to 7:00 p.m.

FIRST TIME ATTENDEE & NEW MEMBER RECEPTION (invite only) Marquette Room, 3rd Floor This exclusive invite only reception provides an opportunity for new members and first-time attendees to ask questions about ASC program/services and to meet with ASC Board of Directors and staff.

Wednesday, April 27 7:15 to 8:15 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAKFAST Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor Meet a colleague for a refreshing breakfast before the start of the day.

7:15 to 11:15 a.m.

ASC GIVES BACK COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT Normandie Lounge, 2nd Floor ASC Volunteer Service Project Program sponsored by Kraton. Join Kraton, ASC Board of Directors and staff as we give back to the Chicago community. Join us Wednesday morning as we network and assemble care packs for local veterans and promote reading and spark imagination for today’s youth by assembling storytime kits.

7:00 to 10:00 p.m.

RECEPTION: TASTE OF CHICAGO & CABARET CASINO NIGHT Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor Feeling lucky? Join us for a Chicago casino fun game night and explore some of the best food Chicago has to offer. Be sure to catch a magical moment with Dewayne Hill, America’s funniest comedy magician. We are looking forward to welcoming the global industry to the 2022 World Adhesive and Sealant Conference, connect with peers and colleagues. Registration is required to attend.

6:00 to 10:00 p.m.

CLOSING CEREMONY & GALA: GREAT GATSBY DINNER Sponsored by The ChemQuest Group and Meridian Adhesives Group Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor Join us for the final event and gathering as we announce WAC2026 and enjoy special live entertainment in the gorgeous Grand Ballroom! Attire: Great Gatsby costume

Tuesday, April 26 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAKFAST Sponsored by Eastman Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor Meet colleagues for a refreshing breakfast before the start of the day.

3:00 to 7:00 p.m.

EXPO & RECEPTION (see page 33 for detailed list of exhibitors) Salon A, Lower Lobby Level This is one of the largest international expositions exclusively dedicated to the adhesive and sealant industry. It’s a can’t miss event. At 5:30 p.m., join the exhibitors for an evening refresher during the EXPO reception.

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SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Sunday, April 24 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Explore Chicago (attendees on their own) Noon – 5:30 p.m.

Registration & Speaker Ready Room Open 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Attendee Orientation 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

International Association Heads Reception & Dinner (offsite)

Monday, April 25

1:15 – 3:00 p.m.

Afternoon Education Sessions* •Applications in Building Construction •An Industry Panel: Supply and Demand During Volatile Times •Bio-based and Bio-Inspired Materials •Hot Melt Technology for Packaging and Hygiene 3:00 – 7:00 p.m.

EXPO & Reception 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Emerging Leaders Reception (registrants only)

Wednesday, April 27

7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Registration & Speaker Ready Room Open

7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Registration & Speaker Ready Room Open

7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Hot Melt Short Course (registrants only)

7:15 – 8:15 a.m.

Networking Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Emerging Leaders Workshop (registrants only)

7:15 – 11:15 a.m.

ASC Gives Back Service Project sponsored by Kraton

8:00 – 10:00 a.m.

ASC Board of Directors Meeting

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

ASC Innovation Awards Winners Announced! sponsored by Bostik

11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

International Association Heads Lunch & Meeting (invite only) 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Opening Ceremony & Keynote: Jim Owens, President & CEO, H.B. Fuller sponsored by H.B. Fuller 6:30 – 7:00 p.m.

First Time Attendee & New Member Reception 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception: Taste of Chicago & Cabaret Casino Night

Tuesday, April 26 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Registration & Speaker Ready Room Open 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

Networking Breakfast sponsored by Eastman Chemical 7:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Hot Melt Short Course (registrants only) 9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

General Session Keynote: Vincent Legros, Chairman & CEO, Bostik 10:00 a.m. – Noon Networking & Coffee Lounge sponsored by Matrix Adhesives 10:00 a.m. – Noon Morning Education Sessions* •Global Drivers and Trends; Feedstocks to Markets •Regulatory •Henkel Sustainability Across the Value Chain •Silane Terminated Hybrid Polymers Noon – 1:00 p.m.

General Session Lunch & Keynote: Jayshree Seth, Chief Science Advocate, 3M 1:15 – 3:00 p.m.

Networking & Coffee Lounge sponsored by Matrix Adhesives

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9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

General Session Keynote: Nicolas Krauss, Divisional Head of Industrials & Electronics, Regional Head of Americas, Henkel Adhesive Technologies 10:00 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.

Networking & Coffee Lounge sponsored by Matrix Adhesives 10:00 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.

Morning Education Sessions* •The Art of Successful Global M&A-Value Creation, Risks, Enabling Insights •Innovation Awards & Innovative Solutions •Circular Economy and Sustainable Strategies •High Performing Structural Adhesives 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

General Session Lunch & Keynote: Harry Moser, Founder & President, Reshoring Initiative 1:45 – 4:15 p.m.

Networking & Coffee Lounge sponsored by Matrix Adhesives 1:45 – 4:15 p.m.

Afternoon Education Sessions* •Adhesives as Enablers in E-Mobility •Reactive Polyurethane Materials •Sustainable Materials and Processes •Dispersions and Emulsion Technology 6:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Closing Ceremony & Gala: Great Gatsby Gala Dinner sponsored by ChemQuest Group & Meridian Adhesives Group

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DAILY PROGRAM Sunday, April 24 Noon – 5:30 p.m.

REGISTRATION Normandie Lounge, 2nd Floor Noon – 5:30 p.m.

SPEAKER READY ROOM PDR 1, 3rd Floor 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

ATTENDEE ORIENTATION Waldorf Room, 3rd Floor Let us help you make the most of your WAC experience! During this orientation session, we will review the conference program, provide a general overview of the hotel, give helpful tips on navigating your way through the various conference events, and answer any and all your questions. Attendee Orientation is also a great opportunity to meet fellow colleagues from around the world!

6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION HEADS RECEPTION & DINNER (invite only - offsite)

Monday, April 25 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

REGISTRATION Normandie Lounge, 2nd Floor 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

SPEAKER READY ROOM PDR 1, 3rd Floor 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

HOT MELT SHORT COURSE (registrants only) Boulevard AB, 2nd Floor 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

EMERGING LEADERS WORKSHOP (registrants only) Boulevard C, 2nd Floor 8:00 – 10:00 a.m.

ASC BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Williford C, 3rd Floor 11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION HEADS LUNCH & MEETING (invite only) Lunch starting at 11:30 a.m. – Marquette, 3rd Floor Meeting starting at 12:30 p.m. - Waldorf Room, 3rd Floor 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

OPENING CEREMONY & KEYNOTE Grand Ballroom, 2nd floor Sponsored by H.B. Fuller Company Learn more at www.hbfuller.com Join ASC, Co-Organizers, and Media Partner ASI magazine at the official ribbon cutting ceremony, which welcomes the world adhesive and sealant community to Chicago and WAC. CONNECTING WHAT MATTERS: THE FUTURE OF THE ADHESIVES INDUSTRY Jim Owens, President & CEO, H.B. Fuller Company Adhesives and sealants enable advances in nearly every consumer or durable good imaginable, and the events of 2020 have made our industry’s contributions even more important to improving people’s lives.

As CEO of the largest pure-play adhesives company in the world, Mr. Owens will review the future of the industry in a post-pandemic environment and how technologies and bonding applications that were

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originally quite unrelated are becoming more closely integrated and even unified as they develop and advance. This growing trend presents both challenges and opportunities in the adhesives industry to leverage the new ways of working that emerged in 2020 and develop technologies that solve a range of performance challenges, including harsh environmental conditions and consumer preferences for lighter, safer, stronger, and more sustainable products. The session will highlight how critical people and ideas are in our industry and how important it is to develop innovative thinking at every level of the organization to elevate the value creation and importance of the adhesives industry.

6:30 – 7:00 p.m.

FIRST TIME ATTENDEE & NEW MEMBER RECEPTION (invite only) Marquette Room, 3rd Floor This exclusive invite only reception provides an opportunity for new members and first-time attendees to ask questions about ASC program/services and to meet with ASC Board of Directors and staff.

7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

WELCOME RECEPTION: TASTE OF CHICAGO & CABARET CASINO NIGHT (full paid conference attendees) Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor Feeling lucky? Join us for a Chicago casino fun game night and explore some of the best food Chicago has to offer. Be sure to catch a magical moment with Dewayne Hill, America’s funniest comedy magician. We are looking forward to welcoming the global industry to the 2022 World Adhesive and Sealant Conference, connect with peers and colleagues. Registration is required to attend. Attire: business casual

Tuesday, April 26 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

REGISTRATION Normandie Lounge, 2nd Floor 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

SPEAKER READY ROOM PDR 1, 3rd Floor 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAKFAST Grand Ballroom, 2nd floor Sponsored by Eastman Chemical 7:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.

HOT MELT SHORT COURSE (registrants only) Boulevard AB, 2nd Floor 9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

TUESDAY GENERAL SESSION KEYNOTE Grand Ballroom, 2nd floor ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS FACING THE RISING TREND OF SUSTAINABILITY: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES Vincent Legros, Chairman & CEO, Bostik We will review during this presentation how the rising concerns around sustainability throughout the world can challenge the adhesives industry and can question the technologies which are in place. We will see how sustainability should be a key lever to increase the overall penetration of innovative solution in the adhesive industry and how we should increase even more the intimacy with our customers to take advantage of this rising trend.

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GLOBAL DRIVERS AND TRENDS; FEEDSTOCKS TO MARKETS

Session Chair: Deepa Puthanparambil, Senior Chemist, Bostik, Inc. Waldorf Room, 3rd Floor 10:00 to 10:25 a.m.

COMMODITY PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS: KEY DRIVERS AND OTHER THINGS TO WATCH Bill Hyde, Executive Director Olefins & Elastomers, IHS Markit Adhesive and Sealant producers are typically relatively small consumers of their key raw materials. So, they need to be able to position themselves to take advantage of trends rather than influence them. This presentation examines key raw material trends.

10:25 to 10:50 a.m.

HORIZONTAL DRILLING & FRACTURING ADVANCES ARE CREATING FEEDSTOCK ADVANTAGES FAVORING U.S. MANUFACTURING OVER THE WORLD Greg Kozera, Director of Marketing, Shale Crescent USA The United States is now the leading natural gas producer in the world. This dynamic presentation will explain how technology changes in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing made this possible and why U.S. manufacturers now have an economic and environmental advantage over the rest of the world.

10:50 to 11:15 a.m.

KEY TRENDS IN THE EUROPEAN ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS MARKETS TO 2026 Kristel Ons, Secretary General, FEICA-The Association of the European Adhesive & Sealant Industry In this presentation, FEICA Communication Director Kristel Ons will provide key data from the five-year strategic forecast for the European adhesives and sealants markets, and an overview of the trends and drivers shaping this market.

11:15 to 11:40 a.m.

TACKIFIERS AND OTHER HMA COMPONENTS  GLOBAL CAPACITY TRENDS AND NEW PROJECTS UPDATE Steven Williams, VP, C5 and Hydrocarbon Resins, Argus Media This presentation will highlight the significant recent growth and upcoming additions in hydrocarbon based tackifier capacities as well as those of other HMA components including styrene block copolymers and EVA. Most of the new capacity for HMA components has been built within the Asia-Pacific region, impacting trade flows of these tackifiers as well as dramatically changing the dominant players within the HMA feedstock landscape.

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Session Chair: Dave White, Senior Vice President-Quality & Risk Management, Sika Corporation Williford Room B, 3rd Floor Sponsored by Sika Corporation 10:00 to 10:30 a.m.

EUROPEAN REGULATIONS CHALLENGES TO OUR INDUSTRY Jana Cohrs-Rahmoun, Executive Director, FEICA (The Association of the European Adhesive & Sealant Industry) This presentation will provide a summary of the critical areas of regulatory challenges which are actively being worked on by FEICA to help deliver balanced legislation for adhesives and sealants in Europe. It will help other regions understand the future regulatory challenges to help them prepare to conform with proposed regulations. The new European Commission, appointed at the end of last year, and the Parliament are committed to robust health, safety, and environmental legislation. As

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a result, chemicals companies may be faced with tougher regulatory challenges to deal with. This discussion will help you understand the current and potential future challenges and will be of great interest to both business leaders and technologists.

10:30 to 11:00 a.m.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS & FUTURE OUTLOOK ON U.S. STATE & FEDERAL CHEMICAL REGULATION Maureen Gorsen, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP This presentation will provide an overview of key developments in US Federal and State law regarding chemical regulation. Topics will include recent activities for the new chemicals program under TSCA, California Safer Consumer Products Rules, Prop 65, state developments on PFAS and trends in ingredient disclosure.

11:00 to 11:30 a.m.

AN UPDATE ON CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT IN CANADA  KEY PRIORITIES AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS Mary Ellen Perkins, Manager, Consumer and Cleaning Products, Environment and Climate Change Canada This presentation will provide an overview on chemicals management in Canada including an update on key files of interest to the adhesives and sealant industry under Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan as well as regulations for Volatile Organic Compounds.

11:30 a.m. to Noon COMPLIANCE OF ADHESIVE & SEALANT PRODUCTS IN CHINA Jim Mo, Deputy Manager, CIRS Group USA, Inc. GHS implementation, hazardous chemical registration and new chemical registration development and their impacts to raw materials and finished product of adhesive and sealant; environmental concern and product safety; China VOC, RoHS, SVHC and GB9685(FCM); consumer product labeling.

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HENKEL SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS THE VALUE CHAIN

Session Chair: Yingjie Li, Technical Director, Henkel Corporation Williford Room C, 3rd Floor Sponsored by Henkel Corporation 10:00 to 10:25 a.m.

THE ORIGIN AND IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) REPORTING Chris White, Senior Managing Scientist, Exponent Companies are experiencing a rapidly changing business environment related to ESG reporting. Is this the latest fad or are we experiencing a fundamental shift in the business environment? We will study the ESG impacts on companies and on individual product lines or even components of a product.

10:25 to 10:50 a.m.

A VISION FOR SUSTAINABLE RAW MATERIALS FOR ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS John Brandt, Technical Manager, Adhesives and Sealants, Covestro As the Adhesive and Sealant market increasingly focuses on sustainable solutions, raw material suppliers like Covestro need to incorporate sustainability as a driver for innovation.

It is critical to align corporate goals with accepted global standards like the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that innovation research investments address these future needs. It is also important to use a comprehensive approach to evaluate developments that includes the entire product life cycle, taking into account social, environmental, and economic aspects. New innovations in raw materials will allow more sustainable adhesives and sealants to be produced in the coming years. We will review some of these new materials that will provide adhesive and sealant formulators options in the future to continue to meet high performance standards while addressing the need for increased sustainability.

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DEVELOPMENT OF BIOBASED AND BIODEGRADABLE HOT MELT ADHESIVE Larry Wu, Project Manager, Tex Year Industries Inc. Plastic pollution and global warming are both pressing issues. By developing bio-based and bio-degradable hot melt adhesives, we strive to reduce the environmental impact of our products, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help improve the handling of hard-to-recycle plastic products. And this ever-growing technology platform has seen its value across many market segments such as food and consumer packaging, households, personal care and hygiene products.

11:15 to 11:40 a.m.

ADHESIVES AND COATINGS AS ENABLERS OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN PACKAGING AND CONSUMER GOODS Becky Kristopeit, Senior Manager CO2/Footprint Reduction, Henkel Corporation Henkel aims to pioneer sustainable solutions for consumer goods and packaging. As a leader in adhesive technologies, we understand how adhesives and coatings can impact product sustainability. To take a leap forward, Henkel is RETHINKING EVERYTHING: formulations, products, previous manufacturing methods, design processes, disposal solutions and materials to support a circular economy. We will discuss today’s current challenges and propose possible solutions to these challenges.

11:40 a.m. to Noon DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE SUSTAINABLE ADHESIVES AND ADHESION PROCESSES TO MOVE TOWARDS/FOR A CIRCULAR FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY Carlos Ruzafa Silvestre, Researcher, Advanced Materials & Technologies, INESCOP In order to reduce the environmental footprint of the footwear bonding process, INESCOP has carried out several investigations through different approaches in the different stages of the life cycle of the process, some of them contributing also to the circularity of footwear.

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Session Chair: Tim McKinney, Managing Director, TIB Chemicals Corporation Williford Room A, 3rd Floor Sponsored by TIB Chemicals Corporation 10:00 to 10:25 a.m.

NOVEL NONTIN CATALYST FOR CROSSLINKABLE SILANE TERMINATED POLYMERS Dylan LaFerriere, Technical Sales Representative, King Industries, Inc. Do you need to replace your organotin catalyst? Heightened environmental regulations on tin-based catalysts have caused formulators to seek effective and eco-friendly alternatives.

10:25 to 10:50 a.m.

ACRYLICMODIFIED SILYLTERMINATED POLYMERS: BENEFICIAL PROPERTIES AND NEW CASE APPLICATIONS OF RECENTLY DEVELOPED POLYMERS Ruolei Wang, Sr. Technical and Marketing Development Manager, Kaneka North America Introduce acrylic modified MS Polymer (MA Polymer) technology from Kaneka with exceptional UV stability, excellent strength and improved adhesion that can be used in high performance CASE applications.

11:15 to 11:40 a.m.

DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS STRUCTURES OF HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHER POLYOL FOR ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS Hajime Takeda, R&D, AGC Inc. We have developed various structures of the high molecular weight polyether polyol by using our advanced catalyst. Silane Terminated Polyether (STP) made from these unique polyols are being used as raw materials for high functionality adhesives and sealants.

11:40 a.m. to Noon A BREAKTHROUGH IN GRINDING TECHNOLOGY FOR REACTIVE A&S: INTRODUCING ULTRAFINE GROUND CALCIUM CARBONATE Christopher Dobbins, Application Manager, Adhesives & Sealants, Omya International AG The subject of this presentation is a novel process which enables the production of low moisture ultrafine calcium carbonate for use in moisture curing adhesive and sealant systems, with specific focus on Silyl Modified Polymers (SMP). Through a combination of careful mineral selection, grinding expertise and high-quality coating, Omya has been able to push the boundary of particle size and moisture adsorption for ground calcium carbonate to new levels. The benefits for formulators extend to easier storage in high humidity conditions, reduced energy and time expenditure during adhesive or sealant production and a reduced dependency on chemical moisture scavengers, such as VTMO. This approach enables formulators to combine the benefits of traditional low moisture ground calcium carbonate with those of reinforcing fillers, such as improved mechanical properties and a reduced need for rheological modifiers.

Noon to 1:00 p.m.

TUESDAY GENERAL SESSION LUNCH & KEYNOTE Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor STICKING WITH SCIENCE! THE NEED FOR STEM ADVOCACY Jayshree Seth, Corporate Scientist and Chief Science Advocate, 3M Company Science matters to us - at 3M we care about science. We wanted to understand the public’s perception around science, so we conducted a global third-party study called the ‘3M State of Science Index’ and what we found is that science is largely underappreciated, invisible or taken-for-granted. People don’t seem to understand or acknowledge the role of science in their daily lives but have huge expectations for what it should deliver in the future. It is clear science needs advocates, especially since 4 out of 10 surveyed said that if science didn’t exist their lives wouldn’t be any different! It is also apparent that the relationship of science with people is complex. In fact, 85% of people surveyed admit they know little to nothing about science, but the same percent wish they knew more. Moreover, 87% of the global community believes we need science to solve the world’s problems. Nearly 60% of people interested in science say that they believe scientific advancements will benefit future generations. It was also interesting and perhaps not surprising to see that women trail men in the positive sentiment of science and almost 60% view scientists as elitists. Jayshree was appointed as 3M’s first-ever Chief Science Advocate and she will be sharing the results of this multi-year survey, what 3M is doing about it, and a call for action for all of us.

10:50 to 11:15 a.m.

POLYAMIDE ADDITIVES FOR STP: ENHANCED RHEOLOGY FOR DEMANDING APPLICATIONS Orlane Bouzard, Product Manager-Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants, ARKEMA Discover rheology modifier polyamide technology for silyl terminated polymers with a new market innovation. Specifically designed for adhesives & sealants with rising applicative requirements. This rheology additive supports enhanced high tack performance while ensuring workability for the end-user.

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AN INDUSTRY PANEL: SUPPLY AND DEMAND DURING VOLATILE TIMES

Session Chair: Rob Hubbard, Vice President & CFO, H.B. Fuller Waldorf Room, 3rd Floor During the past two years, our industry has experienced extraordinary and unprecedented events. Demand dropped in Q2 2020 due to COVID resulting in a reduction in specialty chemical output and a run-down of inventory levels; then roared back in the second half of 2020 behind strong economic recoveries around the globe. Demand quickly outpaced supply for many raw materials used in our industry. These market conditions were exacerbated in February 2021 by the cold weather event in Texas, creating tight-to-short raw material markets. The demand spike coupled with low inventory, labor shortages, natural disasters, logistics challenges, and fragile infrastructure have created the perfect storm of volatility in our adhesive industry. These conditions are expected to persist at least through 2022. In this session, you’ll hear from experts throughout the supply chain discuss their perspective on how to best manage supplier relationships during volatile demand, the impact of the inflationary environment on their business, how to handle freight disruption, and keys to working through a tough labor market.

Moderator: Rob Hubbard, Vice President & CFO, H.B. Fuller Panelists: • Mark Ericson, Vice President, Supply Chain, Meridian Adhesives Group • Dale McClung, Vice President, Supply Chain Services, CLX Logistics • Nirel Inman, Co-President, Chicago Glue & Machine • Stacy Jordahl, Vice President, Industrial Specialties Business, Ingevity • Stuart Jenkinson, Vice President, Global Sales, H.B. Fuller

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APPLICATIONS IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

Session Chair: Mick Funderburg, Principal Technical Representative, Eastman Chemical Company Williford Room B, 3rd Floor 1:15 to 1:40 p.m.

FAST CURING JOINT SEALANTS FOR FLOOR JOINTS, PAVEMENTS, ROADS AND CONNECTION JOINTS TO TRAM TRACKS Ralf Heinzmann, Global Technical Manager, Sika Deutschland GmbH The right combination of properties makes polyurethane sealants the optimal choice for high demanding applications such as floor and facade joints and even for joints that are fully immersed in water or where the sealant is exposed to aggressive chemicals like in sewage treatment or bio-gas plants.

1:40 to 2:05 p.m.

ADHESIVE CHALLENGES FOR FLOOR COVERING AND CONCRETE SUB FLOOR INSTALLATION Raj Hariharan, Senior Group Leader, Mapei Corporation USA Flooring manufacturers produce a variety of floor coverings such carpet tiles, modular carpets, wood flooring and resilient flooring, which includes luxury vinyl tile and plank, Linoleum, etc. A variety of adhesives such as pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA), polyurethane, epoxy and modular are required for flooring installation and it depends on the type of floor covering and sub floor as well. When flooring is installed on sub concrete floors, following proper preparation procedures before flooring installation is a primary requirement. Due to compact construction schedules, many times these procedures are overlooked and in such cases floor moisture becomes a billion-dollar problem for commercial and residential establishments. Moisture penetration through concrete flooring can cause subsequent problems to structure above such as flooring and building system. Most significant is health related issues due to mold, mildew and rotting problems. In this presentation an introduction to type/class of adhesives that are used for different floor covering will be presented. Moisture issues through case study will be illustrated. Further moisture mediation remedies such as coatings/sealants will also be discussed.

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RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WATERBASED THICK ADHESIVES Haksu Lee, North America Technical Manager, COATEX (ARKEMA GROUP) How to ensure that a ready-to-use tile adhesive is easy to apply and holds together when bonding substrates? The answer lies in optimizing the rheological properties of these adhesives to achieve the desired thickness and workability.

2:25 to 2:50 p.m.

PERFORMANCE OF SILICONE SEALANT COATED WITH ADHESION PROMOTERS Shota Umemoto, Senior Engineer, Sharp Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd. We found thick coating with a promoter contained less VOC has shown good performance as joints. Conventional type of promoter is mostly solvent based and flammable. Using such non-flammable promoter makes it easier to repair buildings with silicone joints and to reduce in human resource.

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BIO-BASED AND BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS

Session Chair: Michaella Nunes, R&D Manager, Jowat Corporation Williford Room C, 3rd Floor Sponsored by Jowat Corporation 1:15 to 1:40 p.m.

ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES OF BIOMIMETICS IN ADHESIVES Douglas Corrigan, Director, ChemQuest Technology Institute Superior designs discovered in nature have inspired research efforts at various institutions that have led to improved product performance for adhesives. In this presentation, we will provide an overview of progress made by the industry to date, and the challenges that exist to translating these innovations to reality.

1:40 to 2:05 p.m.

DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH PERFORMANCE, BIOBASED, LOW FREE ISOCYANATE MONOMER PREPOLYMERS FOR REACTIVE ADHESIVE SYSTEMS Ronald Emanuel, Head of Global R&D, Urethane Systems, LANXESS Corporation Recent developments have shown that the Adhesives industry is facing the challenge to develop sustainable systems that also carry low health and safety risks. LANXESS has developed a line of high performance, bio-based, low free diisocyanate monomer (LF) products for polyurethane adhesive applications. Bio-based LF technology can offer prepolymers with excellent performance, superior processing, and productivity, as well as environmental, health and safety advantages when compared to many traditional technologies. This technology can enable companies to reduce emissions while helping to advance climate neutral goals. Bio-based LF MDI prepolymers focus on chemical building blocks that are clearly defined to match today’s adhesive properties. By exploring additional chemistries and optimization of molecular weight and structure, bio-based LF prepolymers can be tailored to the specific needs of many different applications. Progress has been made developing bio-based LF MDI prepolymers over a wide range of NCO content which yield systems with lower viscosity at application temperature, improved high crystallinity, better wetting ability, and fast green strength in reactive hot melt and two-component adhesives formulations. LANXESS’ novel biobased technologies provide excellent performance, processing, and productivity and allow for a 20% to 30% CO2 footprint reduction when compared to petroleum-based prepolymers.

2:05 to 2:25 p.m.

MUSSEL INSPIRED, CATECHOLBASED ADHESIVES AND PRIMERS FOR WET BINDING George Boyajian, CEO, Mussel Polymers, Inc. Mussel-inspired catechol adhesives have been the subject of an explosion of scientific research over the last decade. Catechol-containing materials - whether polydopamine, catechol-conjugated hyaluronic acid, poly(catechol-styrene) [“PCS”] have the amazing propensity to bind to surfaces underwater.

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2:25 to 2:50 p.m.

BIOBASED POLYETHYLENE WAX FOR ADHESIVE APPLICATION Suzana Kupidlowski Boaventura, Product Development Manager, Braskem Development and launch of world’s first bio-based polyethylene wax for adhesive’s application. Produced from sugarcane ethanol, the new solution absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere and is recyclable. This wax has the same properties and delivers the same performance as the fossil-based version.

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HOT MELT TECHNOLOGY FOR PACKAGING AND HYGIENE

Session Chair: Kyle Anderson, TS&D Scientist, Dow Inc. Williford Room A, 3rd Floor Sponsored by Dow Inc. 1:15 to 1:40 p.m.

AMORPHOUS POLYOLEFIN POLYMER THAT IMPARTS SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE AND VERSATILITY FOR HOT MELT ADHESIVES IN THE HYGIENE INDUSTRY Kujtim Bizati, Senior Application Development Scientist, Eastman Chemical A new amorphous polyolefin (APO) copolymer was produced with unique properties, for the construction hygiene industry. The APO polymer is used in a hot melt adhesive (HMA) formulation to impart high performance value. The nonwoven hygiene industry today is subject to strict government regulations.

1:40 to 2:05 p.m.

UTILIZING NOVEL GASTOLIQUID (GTL) WAXES IN IMPROVING METALLOCENEBASED HOT MELT ADHESIVE FORMULATIONS Kay Kian-Hee, Product Innovation & Technical Manager, Shell MDS (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Recent GTL product innovations have led to the introduction of two new novel GTL wax products. GTL wax with Congealing Point (CP) at 90 degrees Celsius is a unique narrow cut GTL hard wax, and GTL wax with CP at 110 degrees Celsius is the highest melting GTL hard wax available. The study investigates the performance of these novel GTL waxes in Hot Melt Adhesive (HMA) formulations with a metallocene-type base polymer.

The results show clear advantages for both waxes compared to currently available options, offering greater control over open/setting times and excellent heat resistance.

2:05 to 2:25 p.m.

NEW PROPYLENEBASED PERFORMANCE POLYMER  OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVED HOT MELT ADHESIVE PROPERTIES Jennifer Austin, Research Associate, ExxonMobil Chemical Company This presentation will highlight the benefits of a new innovative propylene-based performance polymer in hot melt adhesive formulations.

2:25 to 2:50 p.m.

NEW METALLOCENE POLYMERS FOR PACKAGING HMA: CREATING MARKET OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH OUR FT WAXES Pieter van Helden, Project Leader, Applications Development, Sasol Chemicals We present recent studies that showcase the extent to which FT hard waxes enable the HMA producer to adapt the performance of the adhesive according to their requirements. We do this through rheological and application tests with a wide range of established and recently available polymer materials.

3:00 to 7:00 p.m.

EXPO AND RECEPTION (SEE PAGE 33) Salon A, Lower Lobby 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

EMERGING LEADERS RECEPTION (registrants only) Kitty O’Sheas Irish Pub, Lobby Level

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Wednesday, April 27 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

REGISTRATION Normandie Lounge, 2nd Floor 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

SPEAKER READY ROOM OPEN PDR 1, 3rd Floor 7:15 – 11:15 a.m.

ASC GIVES BACK COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT Normandie Lounge, 2nd Floor Sponsored by Kraton Join us as we network and assemble care packs for local veterans and promote reading and spark imagination for today’s youth by assembling storytime kits.

7:15 – 8:15 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAKFAST Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor 8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

2022 INNOVATION AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED! Join us as we announce the 2022 Innovation Award recipients.

Sponsored by Bostik 9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

WEDNESDAY GENERAL SESSION KEYNOTE Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor SHAPING THE FUTURE OF ADHESIVE TECHNOLOGIES Nicolas Krauss, Divisional Head of Industrials and Electronics, Regional Head of Americas, Henkel Adhesives Technologies As global market leader in adhesive technologies, we will give an overview on the key challenges and opportunities we see and how market participants can shape our industry towards an even more exciting future. Key topics we will discuss include sustainability, digitization, innovation, supply chain resilience, and talent management.

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THE ART OF SUCCESSFUL GLOBAL M&A – VALUE CREATION, RISKS, ENABLING INSIGHTS WITH PANEL DISCUSSION

Session Chair: Dan Murad, President & CEO, ChemQuest Group, Inc. Waldorf Room C, 3rd Floor 10:00 to 10:20 a.m.

DYNAMICS DRIVING THE “HOT” M&A ENVIRONMENT  SUCCESSFUL POSITIONING TO CAPITALIZE ON BEST VALUATIONS Dan Murad, President & CEO, ChemQuest Group, Inc. This presentation will focus on key drivers and dynamics of the robust M&A environment along with developing growth strategies and profiling potential synergies that improve the strategic importance to likely buyers, hence driving premium valuations.

10:25 to 10:45 a.m.

BUYSIDE ADVISORY  A PRACTITIONERS GUIDE TO SUCCESS IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT Leland Harrs, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey The M&A market in adhesives and sealants has become increasingly competitive in recent years. Valuations have risen and demand has far outstripped the supply of

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attractive and available assets. What can be done to maximize a buyer’s chance of success? What are some of the best practices used by successful consolidators?

from it. Learn how to leverage external innovations to create significant value in new or existing product lines.

10:50 to 11:10 a.m.

PERSPECTIVES ON VALUATION IN M&A TRANSACTIONS Andy Hinz, Managing Director, Grace Matthews, Inc. This presentation highlights the increasing M&A valuations across the adhesives, sealants, and coatings industry and discusses rationale for strategic buyers to pay premium valuation multiples in an acquisition. Using the perspective of a seller, the presentation also shares insights on how adequately framing synergy potential to buyers can drive incremental value in a sale process. The discussion concludes with several summary considerations for both sellers and buyers in M&A transactions.

11:40 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.

NEXT GENERATION ADHESIVES FOR PERSONALIZED DOSAGE PHARMACEUTICALS USING BINDER JETTING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Emily Wilts, Polymer Scientist, Exponent Incorrect medication dosing accounts for 75-85% of all adverse side-effects, even some reactions resulting in death. Binder jetting AM has potential for fabrication of customized dosage tablets, but the resulting parts lack in strength due to solely relying on the binder to produce structural integrity. To investigate and ameliorate these limitations, a comprehensive study of linear, 4-arm star, and graft poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) as polymeric binders for binder jetting additive manufacturing increased tablet compression strength enabling the opportunity for controlled release profiles.

11:15 to 11:35 a.m.

VALUATION AND INTEGRATION LESSONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A FINANCIAL BUYER Brian Orkin, Partner, Arsenal Capital Financial buyers, generally, may focus on different criteria or valuation metrics than strategic/trade buyers. There are also many approaches to creating these returns – some financial buyers are oriented more towards “value” and are looking to buy low and sell high. Some buyers are looking more towards “growth” and are looking at hitting their value by growing EBITDA exponentially, and in doing so getting a higher multiple on exit than on entry. So you are lucky enough to buy an Adhesives & Sealants company, what then? How do you go about integrating it into and existing company? And then to maximize value for an Adhesives & Sealants Company, financial buyers will try to create a “strategically important” or “must have” company. Such an asset typically will provide the next acquirer (whether strategic or financial) with outsized growth, new technology or market access, margin enhancement, scale or cash flow. If the company offers prospective buyers one or more of the above, the selling financial investor should be rewarded by the market.

11:40 a.m. to Noon MANAGING THE INTEGRATION OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL ACQUISITION Ted Clark, Chief Operating Officer, H.B. Fuller This presentation provides an in-depth look at H.B. Fuller’s acquisition and subsequent integration of Royal Adhesives and Sealants in 2017. Attendees will see the progression from concept to fulfillment of promises made to shareholders together with the transformational energy brought to the entire global organization.

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INNOVATION AWARDS & INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

Session Chair: Darius Deak, Global/Corporate R&D Director, Bostik Williford Room B, 3rd Floor Sponsored by Bostik 10:00 to 10:25 a.m.

INNOVATION AWARD WINNER  2ND RUNNER UP 10:25 to 10:50 a.m.

INNOVATION AWARD WINNER  1ST RUNNER UP 10:50 to 11:15 a.m.

INNOVATION AWARD WINNER  WINNER 11:15 to 11:40 a.m.

APPROACHING INNOVATION THROUGH EXTERNAL TECHNOLOGY; LOOKING BEYOND YOUR WALLS Victoria Scarborough, Vice President Collaborative Innovation, ChemQuest Group, Inc. Not Invented Here (NIH Syndrome) can sabotage business growth by disregarding what the rest of the world has to offer. But you don’t have to originate research to profit

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CIRCULAR ECONOMY & SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES

Session Chair: Kyle Anderson, TS&D Scientist, Dow Inc. Williford Room C, 3rd Floor Sponsored by Dow 10:00 to 10:25 a.m.

IMPLEMENTATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE “REAL CIRCULAR ECONOMY” Ken Alston, Circular Economy Implementation Expert, Founding Partner at Circularity Edge, LLC Starting from the history of the of the Circular Economy and current practice, Mr. Alston will provide insights into critical elements that need to be included in a “real” or comprehensive definition of a circular economy. Using real world examples, he will highlight shortcomings of the linear economy and potential business opportunities from implementing with Circular Economy design principles and circular business models.

10:25 to 10:50 a.m.

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES; HOW ADHESIVES FOSTER A CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Vera Haye, Managing Director, German Adhesives Association To set the misspent statement straight that the use of adhesives inhibits a circular economy in general, we have worked out a scientific study on ‘Adhesives and Circular Economy’ highlighting the technological challenges and opportunities towards a sustainable future.

10:50 to 11:15 a.m.

TOWARDS MORE SUSTAINABLE ADHESIVES & SEALANTS: THE ROLE OF A MATERIAL SCIENCE COMPANY Kyle Anderson, TS&D Scientist, Dow Inc. This presentation will explore the role of the raw material supplier toward more sustainable hot-melt adhesive solutions. As a polymer supplier to the hot-melt adhesive industry, the feedstock, through production, to end product are important aspects of polymer design toward sustainability.

11:15 to 11:40 a.m.

THE ROLE OF ADHESIVES IN SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING FOR CONSUMER GOODS Elizabeth Staab, Global Sustainability Manager, Rigid Packaging, H.B. Fuller Sustainability is the way forward, and innovative, sustainable packaging for consumer goods products is becoming more prevalent in the marketplace. With a common goal of protecting human health and the environment, the value chain is shifting from a linear economy to a circular economy. While we all have a common end goal, our perspectives on sustainability and strategies to meet that end goal remain varied. So, where do we go from here? During this presentation, we’ll share approaches on how to thoughtfully use adhesives in the design and production of sustainable consumer goods packaging. These examples represent what we can offer now to help our customers meet their sustainability goals, where we are going, and how we will get there. We will highlight areas and

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opportunities for collaboration, which will support movement to the next generation of products. The presentation will conclude with a call to action to our supply chain partners to support a sustainable future in our industry. We will also highlight opportunities where, together with ASC, we can support sustainability and the circular economy. .

11:40 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.

SUSTAINABLE ADHESIVES IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY Mikaela Decio, Head of Environmental Sustainability, MAPEI From our studies on adhesives, the highest environmental impacts come from raw materials, especially from hydraulic and organic binders, which give the quality and the durability to the adhesive. The challenge for the industry is to find out innovative materials which can be used in the adhesive formulation and give lower impacts in terms of environment maintaining high quality and long durability.

12:05 to 12:25 p.m.

APPLYING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO SUSTAINABLE ADHESIVES DEVELOPMENT Malcolm Davidson, Senior Data Solutions Engineer, Citrine Informatics Artificial intelligence can accelerate the development and reformulation of sustainable adhesives and formulated products. This talk will highlight key considerations and successful applications of AI in this domain.

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HIGH PERFORMING STRUCTURAL ADHESIVES

Session Chair: Michael Czaplicki, Director of Research and Development, L&L Products Williford Room A, 3rd Floor Sponsored by L&L Products 10:00 to 10:25 a.m.

HYBRID ROOM-TEMPERATURE CURED FOAMED ADHESIVE USING NOVEL CURATIVES AND FOAMING AGENTS Hamid Mortazavian, Scientist, L&L Products This presentation will provide an update on a new type of two-component fast-curing foaming adhesives using novel curatives and foaming agents.

10:25 to 10:50 a.m.

NEW LOW ODOR ACRYLATE BASED STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE Matthew Freeman, Technical Service Specialist, Huntsman New low odor acrylate adhesives designed for fast curing, outstanding adhesion, and having a lower toxicity profile versus common adhesive chemistries. Performance will be compared to current commercial products (tensile strength, elongation, lap shear strength and maximum service temperature).

10:50 to 11:15 a.m.

TOUGHENERS FOR STRUCTURAL ADHESIVES Ya-Ting Su, Scientist, Arkema Inc. This presentation including the discussion of how to improve the toughness by adding tougheners. The discussion includes the introduction of tougheners including core-shell particles, and its applications and performance in various structure adhesive systems.

11:15 to 11:40 a.m.

NOVEL TWO-COMPONENT RAPID CURING STRUCTURAL ADHESIVES Ira Miller, R&D Material Development Specialist, L&L Products This presentation will provide information on novel, rapid curing, zero VOC, twocomponent structural adhesives with durable adhesion to a variety of substrates with minimal to no surface pretreatment.

11:40 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.

STORAGE-STABLE, FIBER-REINFORCED ADHESIVE FILMS FOR ULTRAHIGH-PERFORMANCE SAILS - ENDURANCE TEST FROM LE HAVRE TO SALVADOR DE BAHIA Raphael Schaller, CTO, nolax AG With an off-shore racing endurance test from Le Havre to Salvador de Bahia, we want to show how fiber-reinforced adhesive films are made and used for manufacturing ultra-

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high-performance sails. Moreover, we want to show which circumstances lead to the development of highly flexible matrix systems.

12:05 to 12:25 p.m.

SILANE CROSSLINKING STRONG BONDING ADHESIVES Volker Stanjek, Head of Research, Wacker Chemie Corp.

A new binder system of special silane modified polymers (SMPs) will be presented.

Adhesives based on this binder are very hard and offer extremely high lap shear strength.

Furthermore, crystal clear products are feasible. It is the first time, that SMPs can be used for strong bonding adhesives.

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY GENERAL SESSION LUNCH & KEYNOTE Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor SUPPLY CHAIN LESSONS FOR COVID-19 FOR ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS Harry Moser, Founder & President, Reshoring Initiative® COVID-19 has revealed deadly shortages of medical products due to 90 to 95% dependence on imports, especially from China. Similar dependence is true in many key industry sectors including defense material. It is now clear: shorter supply chains are stronger, more competitive supply chains. We will demonstrate that shorter supply chains are also more profitable for OEM and supplier for 20 to 40% of products. Tools to identify the 20 to 40% will be provided. Examples of adhesive and sealant reshoring and FDI (foreign direct investment) will be presented.

Reshoring of adhesive/sealant intense products and how to convince OEMs to reshore more assembly will be presented.

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ADHESIVES AS ENABLERS IN E-MOBILITY & REGIONAL UPDATES

Session Chair: Andrew Michel, Research Scientist, H.B. Fuller Waldorf Room, 3rd Floor 1:45 to 2:10 p.m.

ADHESIVES AS ENABLERS OF ENHANCED SAFETY IN EV BATTERY DESIGNS Marlen Valverde, Senior Business Development Manager-OEM and Electric Vehicles, H.B. Fuller This presentation will cover the basics of electric vehicle battery design, the challenges with battery fire prevention, and the key role adhesives and sealants play as part of the methods deployed to ensure end user safety.

2:10 to 2:35 p.m.

EV SHIFTING THE COURSE OF MODERN ADHESIVES: EVOLUTIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS Jessica Carson, R&D Engineer, ThreeBond International, Inc. With the rapid push towards fuel cells and electric vehicles, there is a pressing need for innovative, adaptable, and efficient solutions by suppliers to fill emerging technological gaps. Over 60 years of experience has allowed ThreeBond to pioneer solutions for the evolving automotive industry.

2:35 to 3:00 p.m.

THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS FOR EV CARS Josiane Leon, Product Development Technical Manager, PPG PPG is facilitating vehicle electrification and sustainability in manufacturing through the development of innovative materials solutions. We will discuss new thermally conductive materials for BEV. This new technology provides significant advantages in processability and performances.

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FORMULATING HIGH PERFORMANCE ADHESIVES FOR E-MOBILITY Jeremy Pasatta, Technical Service Manager, Transportation and Industrial, Huntsman Corporation This presentation will give an overview of formulation strategies to achieve highperformance two-part epoxy adhesives to use in e-mobility applications. Properties to improve include lower viscosity, higher toughness and thermal performance.

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ROOM TEMPERATURE, FAST CURING TWO-COMPONENT POLYUREA ADHESIVES FOR HIGHLY ELASTIC STRUCTURAL BONDED JOINTS IN E-MOBILITY Thomas Wolf, Start-up Leader, nolax AG Electrification in the automotive industry requires fundamentally new components and joining processes. With a specific example from our latest development, we want to show the performance of highly elastic and fast curing two-component polyurea adhesives in multi-material bonding in e-mobility.

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HIGH-PERFORMANCE ELASTIC BONDING ENABLED BY SILANE TECHNOLOGIES Anne Dussuad, Senior Scientist, Momentive Performance Materials Adhesive solutions to make lightweight electric vehicles with increased range have emerged as a key sector of innovation. At the same time, there is a push towards greener solutions in adhesive design that necessitates environmentally friendly chemistries such as silylated resins. Silane chemistry has been the cornerstone of durable bonding for advanced structural components in transportation and is destined to expand in the EVs sector. This talk will highlight recent developments in silanes technologies and isocyanatefree silylated polymers to achieve high performance elastic bonding. In particular, an analysis of the adhesive microstructures and the silane choice for durable wet adhesion in challenging conditions will be presented.

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REGIONAL UPDATES Bill Allmond, President, Adhesive and Sealant Council During this session, representatives from the Asia Regional Adhesive Council (ARAC); FEICA, the Association of the European Adhesive and Sealant Industry; and the Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) will present key market trends and regulatory developments in their respective regions.

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Session Chair: Emily McBride, Applications Lab Supervisor, LANXESS Williford Room B, 3rd Floor 1:45 to 2:10 p.m.

PUR HOTMELTS - HOW TO MAKE CUSTOMERS LOVE REACTIVE ADHESIVES Christian Terfloth, Board of Directors, Jowat SE This presentation provides specific solutions about how to further reduce potential hazards from Isocyanates, avoid investments in special machinery equipment, reduce processing costs and simplify handling of PUR Hot Melts.

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DIGITAL APPLICATION OF A NEW CLASS OF HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYURETHANE HOT MELT ADHESIVES Dirk Achten, Head of Modern Coatings and Adhesives Applications, Covestro Deutschland AG This presentation will present a new polyurethane (PU) hot melt adhesive technology with outstanding initial green strength and adjustable open time, enabling a precise robot assisted automated adhesive application for highly demanding bonding problems.

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CO2-BASED POLYOLS IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYURETHANE ADHESIVES Calvin Shen, Marketing Manager, Aramco Performance Materials This presentation will describe the performance of polyurethane formulations using different grades of CO2-based polyols with an emphasis on polyurethane adhesives.

It will also compare the impact of polyol CO2 content on the general performance characteristics of polyurethanes.

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REACTIVE AMINE CATALYSTS FOR 1K MOISTURE-CURE POLYURETHANE ADHESIVES & SEALANTS Jingguo Shen, Technical Manager, Evonik Corporation Tertiary amines are widely used as catalysts in 1K moisture-cure PU systems, providing generally acceptable catalytic activity along with sufficient compatibility with isocyanate prepolymers. However, the fugitive nature of these commonly used non-reactive amine catalysts limits their application in adhesives & sealants where strict emission controls are required. Herein, we demonstrate that by balancing the blow/gel selectivity and the sequestration effects, reactive amine catalysts may provide end-use performance similar or superior to their non-reactive counterparts for a wide range of moisture-cure applications with the inherent benefit of lower VOC emissions.

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REPLACING CONCRETE WITH POLYURETHANE FOAM IN LOAD BEARING APPLICATIONS Scott Cowen, R&D Director, H.B. Fuller How adhesives can replace mechanical fasteners and other non-adhesive applications, specifically, two-component polyurethane foam used to replace concrete as backfill and structural support for posts and foundations. Benefits include speed, ease and environmental friendliness, and durability.

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Session Chair: Francois Court, CTO, Bostik Williford Room C, 3rd Floor Sponsored by Bostik 1:45 to 2:10 p.m.

COMPATIBILIZING PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVES WITH THE PET RECYCLING STREAM: SCOPE, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Tom Ribelli, Research Associate, Avery Dennison The issue of plastic recycling is omnipresent. Within the PET recycling industry, pressure sensitive labels (PSLs) are widely considered to be an impedance towards closed loop, bottle to bottle (B2B) recycling due to contamination of the PET from the adhesive and label. This generally results in a downgrading of the recycled PET (rPET) which limits its downstream value. While ‘wash off-able’ PSL solutions are available, many of these products suffer from either a lack of adhesion or wash-off robustness. Avery Dennison is working towards understanding how systematic adhesive design can lead to PSLs solutions that enable label wash off in today’s PET recycling streams. This presentation will discuss the challenges with marrying a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) to current recycling processes while enhancing both wash off and adhesion performance.

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POLYCHLOROPRENE BASED CONTACT ADHESIVES WITH SUSTAINABLE AND SAFER SOLVENTS Rainer Kalkofen, Technical Manager/Technical Service and Application Development, ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH Strength and easy handling make solvent borne polychloroprene based contact adhesives indispensable. However, typical solvents are raw oil based and bear health risks. This talk shows how to formulate these adhesives with sustainable solvents and with solvents that are no health risk to the operator.

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BIOBASED, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL TACKIFIER RESIN FOR HIGH PERFORMING PSA Brett Neumann, Technical Manager, Kraton Chemicals, LLC Sustainability continues to grow in importance for the adhesives industry. Solutions are needed that provide both performance and sustainability benefits. This presentation will discuss the benefits of using a multi-functional, highly stable, biobased tackifier in high performance PSA. We will review the tackifier performance in adhesives relative to competitive tackifiers.

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UV CURABLE BIO-RENEWABLE WARM MELT ADHESIVE Paul Snowwhite, CEO, Applied Molecules This presentation will provide an overview of performance of warm melt UV adhesives made from bio-based materials.

3:25 to 3:50 p.m.

IMPROVING THE LIGHT AND HEAT STABILITY OF SMP SEALANTS WHILE ADDRESSING THE REGULATORY CHANGES FOR LIGHT STABILIZERS Mouhcine Kanouni, Technical Marketing Manager, Clariant Corporation We will briefly review the details of recent regulatory changes affecting light and heat stabilizer additives used in the adhesives and sealant industry and introduce our latest stabilizer solutions that address those challenges while providing improved light and heat stability to meet market needs.

3:50 to 4:15 p.m.

XEMEX: A REVOLUTIONARY NEW MIXING NOZZLE Eric Ronning, President & CEO, Re Mixers, Inc. Xemex Mixing Nozzles offer new advancements in adhesives mixing. Xemex is the first static mixer to implement multi-dimensional folding over each element. This provides optimal adhesive performance in a fraction of the length (and waste) of existing mixers.

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SILANE TECHNOLOGY FOR POLYURETHANE DISPERSIONS Jay Patel, Applied Technology Scientist IV, Evonik Corporation Organofunctional Silanes are widely used in the adhesive and sealants industry. They are bifunctional molecules which create a chemical link, or a bridge, between an adhesive or sealant, and the substrate. In addition to adhesion promotion, silanes can also provide other benefits such as improvement.

3:25 to 3:50 p.m.

WATERBORNE NON-CHLORINATED MODIFIED POLYOLEFIN ADHESION PROMOTERS FOR ADHERING TO LOW AND HIGH SURFACE ENERGY MATERIALS Andrew Andrade, Technical Director, Advanced Polymer, Inc. The presentation will cover three case studies on how waterborne non-chlorinated adhesion promoters can boost the adhesion of different adhesives to low surface energy substrates.

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IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OF EMULSION POLYMERS USED IN ADHESIVES Shailesh Majmudar, Senior Staff Scientist, Solvay This presentation describes the use of emulsifiers containing a polymerizable moiety, polymerizable surfactants, in an emulsion polymer resin and compare the performance of these polymers with resins that utilize conventional emulsifiers.

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CLOSING CEREMONY & GALA: GREAT GATSBY RECEPTION & DINNER Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor Sponsored by ChemQuest & Meridian Join us for the final event and gathering as we announce WAC2026 and enjoy special live entertainment in the gorgeous Grand Ballroom! Attire: Great Gatsby costume

DISPERSIONS AND EMULSION TECHNOLOGY

Session Chair: Kathie Hacek, Market Manager, Colonial Chemical Williford Room A, 3rd Floor Sponsored by Colonial Chemical 1:45 to 2:10 p.m.

A RHEOLOGICAL MASTER CURVE FOR THE VISCOSITY VS. SOLIDS RELATIONSHIP OF WATER BORNE ADHESIVE POLYMER FORMULATIONS David Horwat, Proprietor, adhesives-experts.com This presentation will present a modification of the Einstein Equation for predicting the solids viscosity relationship of an adhesive formulation extends the model to much higher solids.

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HIGH PERFORMANCE, LOW VOC WATER-BASED PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVES FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS Kristin Schoene, Technical Service Manager Adhesives, Synthomer This presentation will present technical approaches to develop low VOC & low odor polymer dispersions, which can be used as high-performance PSAs, e.g., in automotive industry. The reduction of harmful volatile organic compound emissions creates more sustainable PSAs for specialty tape applications.

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WETTING AND DISPERSING ADDITIVES FOR ADHESIVES AND SEALANT FORMULATIONS Michael Drewery, Market Manager Adhesives and Sealants, BYK USA Inc. This presentation will provide an overview about highly effective wetting and dispersing additives for adhesives and sealant. They allow formulations with higher loadings of highperformance fillers while maintaining flowability required in processing and when applied.

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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES DIRK ACHTEN

HEAD OF MODERN COATINGS AND ADHESIVES APPLICATIONS, COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG Dirk Achten received a PhD in 1999 from RWTH Aachen in Germany in polymer science. He started his career at Bayer AG working for the rubber business group.

After achieving additional qualifications as a rubber and adhesive engineer and various jobs with increasing managerial responsibilities in the adhesive and coatings application sector, he was asked to lead a startup incubator at Covestro AG. Dirk is currently heading the R&D group of Modern Coatings and Adhesive Applications at Covestro.

KEN ALSTON

CIRCULAR ECONOMY IMPLEMENTATION EXPERT, FOUNDING PARTNER AT CIRCULARITY EDGE, LLC Ken Alston is a nationally recognized Circular Economy Implementation Expert and Founding Partner at Circularity Edge, LLC and Senior Advisor to the Circular Economy Platform of the Americas. He is the former CEO of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) where he worked directly with the co-authors of the seminal book: Cradle to Cradle – Remaking the Way We Make Things. Ken consulted with companies, universities and other organizations on the implementation of design principles for the Circular Economy. Prior to working at MBDC, from 1992 to 2000, Ken was the Director of Worldwide Sustainable Product Innovation

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for S.C. Johnson (SCJ) in Racine, Wisconsin. In this role he directed and implemented SCJ’s global sustainable development program – widely recognized to be among the leaders in business and sustainability.

KYLE ANDERSON

TS&D SCIENTIST, DOW INC. Kyle Anderson, Technical Service and Development scientist, has been with Dow Polyethylene since 2012.

He currently works on developing applications in several markets spaces as the application development leader for Hot Melt Adhesives and Health, Hygiene and Medical elastomers. Kyle holds a bachelor’s degree in Materials Engineering from Iowa State University and a PhD in Polymer and Materials Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

ANDREW ANDRADE

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, ADVANCED POLYMER, INC. Andrew has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Andrew has been with Advanced Polymer, Inc. for four years. He started out as a Product Development Engineer and he formulated coatings and adhesives for many different applications like construction and flexible packaging to develop specialty adhesion promoters for low surface energy substrates. Now Andrew is the Technical Director at Advanced Polymer, Inc. where he manages the Technical Team at API.

KUJTIM BIZATI

SENIOR APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SCIENTIST, EASTMAN CHEMICAL Tim Bizati is a sr. application development scientist for adhesives technology at Eastman Chemical. Tim has a total of 14 years experience in adhesives formulations and applications as a technical and project leader in areas covering hot melt, solvent based adhesives, and PSAs, in the hygiene, and tape/labels markets. He was also employed by Nitto Denko and Momentive.

He was the technical committee member of PSTC for nearly 2 years. He holds an MS in chemical engineering from NC state.

ORLANE BOUZARD

PRODUCT MANAGER-COATINGS, ADHESIVES & SEALANTS, ARKEMA Orlane Bouzard obtained a Chemical Engineering Degree majoring in materials at the ENSC Montpellier (France) and graduated from IAE Institute in Marketing & Product Management in 2019. Orlane is now working as Technical & Development Manager for Crayvallac® Additives (Arkema) specializing in Adhesives & Sealants applications. She has global responsibility to market players in offering technical assistance, developing new solutions & supporting growth for these evolving applications.

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GEORGE BOYAJIAN

CEO, MUSSEL POLYMERS, INC. George Boyajian is Cofounder and CEO of Mussel Polymers Inc. which is bringing poly (catechol-styrene) to market, the world’s first adhesive to bind in wet environments. He is a technology executive with over 25 years of experience specializing in commercializing breakthrough technologies. He launched and headed PhytoWorks and Living Independently Group. He also helped launch Columbia Digital Knowledge Ventures, Columbia University’s digital asset commercialization venture among others.

JOHN BRANDT

TECHNICAL MANAGER, ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS NORTH AMERICA COATINGS AND ADHESIVES, COVESTRO John received his BS in Chemistry and a Masters in Polymer Chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University. He began his Covestro career in the Coatings laboratory in 1988. In 1997 he became a Key Account Manager for Adhesives and in 2000 transferred to Germany and worked in both Dormagen and Leverkusen, where he was named commercial head of the Adhesives and Sealants business for Europe in 2003. After his return to the US in 2005, John served in a number of roles in the Functional Films, Cosmetic Raw Materials and Carbon Nanotubes businesses. In 2012 John rejoined the Coatings and Adhesives organization and has since served as North American Technical Manager for UV Curable Coatings, Infrastructure and Adhesives and Sealants.

JESSICA CARSON

R&D ENGINEER, THREEBOND INTERNATIONAL, INC. Jessica Carson is a 2016 graduate from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in Chemistry.

She started her career analyzing analytical and physical properties of novel methylene malonate chemistries.

In 2020, Jessica joined ThreeBond’s Research and Development group to work on application development and formulation, specifically targeted to epoxy and conductive adhesive chemistries.

TED CLARK

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, H.B. FULLER Ted Clark has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of H.B. Fuller since 2019. He previously held the role of Senior Vice President, Royal Adhesives, from 2017-2019. Mr. Clark is the author of Shipping Clerk to CEO – the Power of Curiosity, Will and Self Directed Learning. Prior to joining H.B. Fuller, Mr. Clark led Royal Adhesives and Sealants, Inc. as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2003-2017, which was acquired by H.B. Fuller in 2017. He also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer for Burke Industries, Inc. from 1999-2002, various leadership roles at PRC-DeSoto International, formerly Courtaulds Aerospace, Inc., from 1989- 1999, including President and Chief and Executive Officer, held various management roles at Products Research & Chemical Corporation (PRC) from 1982-1989, and in sales at Semco from 1978-1982.

JANA COHRS-RAHMOUN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FEICA (THE ASSOCIATION OF THE EUROPEAN ADHESIVE & SEALANT INDUSTRY) Jana is the Executive Director Regulatory Affairs at FEICA and has worked at the association for almost 15

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years. During this time, she has covered many Regulatory Affairs issues such as environmental legislation (including REACH, CLP and the EU Green Deal), as well as construction and food contact. Today, Jana oversees and coordinates FEICA’s Regulatory Affairs department and leads the development of FEICA’s strategy on regulatory affairs. She also manages groups dedicated to food contact and the sustainability of packaging in a circular economy. Before starting her career at FEICA, Jana worked at the European Parliament and for the European Pharmaceutical Association.

DOUGLAS CORRIGAN

DIRECTOR, CHEMQUEST TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE Dr. Doug Corrigan is the Director of the ChemQuest Technology Institute. Doug is the inventor of dozens of early stage disruptive technologies in the fields of solidstate materials, nanotechnology, additive manufacturing, and medical research. Doug has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Physics with a primary emphasis on solidstate physics and materials science. He also holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

SCOTT COWEN

R&D DIRECTOR, H.B. FULLER Scott Cowen began his professional career developing moisture curing polyurethane and silylated polymer adhesives. Over his nine-year career, Scott’s research focus expanded to include two-component polyurethane sealants and foams. He co-authored a patent to work on an expanding silylated polymer adhesive and was a lead author for a load bearing polyurethane foam patent. He holds a Master of Science, specializing in chemistry, with research focusing on bonding of monolayers to solid particles.

MALCOLM DAVIDSON

SENIOR DATA SOLUTIONS ENGINEER, CITRINE INFORMATICS Malcolm works at the nexus of technical sales, materials science, software development, and data science where he showcases Citrine’s technology to customers and builds AI and data management tools that help solve real-world materials design and optimization problems. At Citrine, Malcolm learns about the challenges top material and chemical companies face in designing sustainable, performant products to meet market demands. Based on his past experience as a polymer scientist and a research scientist, he develops pragmatic solutions that leverage AI to deliver value for customers. He holds a B.S. in chemistry from Louisiana State University and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Colorado School of Mines.

MIKAELA DECIO

HEAD OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, MAPEI Mikaela Decio graduated in pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of Milan, in Mapei R&D since 1999.

Since 2003 she’s been involved in evaluation of Volatile Organic Compounds emissions and certifications of green products. She’s now Group Leader in Environmental Sustainability, performing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD), monitoring international regulations and market needs for eco-labels and green programs such as LEED and BREEAM. Expert in TC 189 WG7 “Sustainability issues for ceramic tiling systems,” she is a member of the board in GBC Italia. She is the author of several papers in adhesives and VOC emissions fields.

CHRISTOPHER DOBBINS

APPLICATION MANAGER, ADHESIVES & SEALANTS, OMYA INTERNATIONAL AG Chris Dobbins studied at the University of Wales, Bangor and has over 15 years of experience as a chemical engineer. He joined Omya as Application Manager for Adhesives and Sealants in 2021. In 2006, he joined Dow Inc. and held various research roles in Emulsion Polymers for Synthetic Grass, Specialty Latex and Paper and Board. Later, he transitioned into a Laboratory Leader role in Polyurethanes R&D before moving to Technical Service for PU flexible foam in EMEA.

MICHAEL DREWERY

MARKET MANAGER ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS, BYK USA INC. Mike Drewery’s current position is Market Manager, Adhesives & Sealants in the NAFTA Region for BYK USA. Responsibilities include improving market focus, leveraging technologies and chemistries for the Adhesives and Sealants segment. He holds a BS in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Synthetic Organic Chemistry both from the University of Toronto. With more than 30 years of industrial experience in coatings, adhesives and sealants, Mike has broad technical and product development experience along with a strong background on the market and business side of the Adhesives and Sealant market. Previous positions include serving as the Vice President of Technology for adhesive manufacturer LD Davis Industries, multiple technical and business roles for BASF in emulsion polymers and Research Manager for Arkema Coating Resins.

ANNE DUSSUAD

SENIOR SCIENTIST, MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS Dr. Dussaud earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in France, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University. She has 25 years of industrial research experience in a broad range of areas, including complex fluids, interfacial properties, fluid dynamics and polymers. Dr. Dussaud is an expert in using a multidisciplinary approach to create customer-driven innovations. She has co-authored more than 15 publications and is an inventor on 20 patents. She joined Momentive in 2007.

RONALD EMANUEL

HEAD OF GLOBAL R&D, URETHANE SYSTEMS, LANXESS CORPORATION Ronald M. Emanuel, Jr. has been a chemist with Lanxess Urethane’s Systems since May of 1998. During his 23 year career at Lanxess Urethane Systems Mr. Emanuel pioneered low free monomer methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) technology development and production scale up globally. This effort allowed Laxness to establish the best production and scale capability to achieve below 0.1 percent of free isocyanate monomer and to establish a position to develop low free version of any isocyanate. Ron’s current research focus is leading development of low monomer prepolymer formulations for adhesives, coatings and sealants.

MARK ERICSON

VICE PRESIENT, SUPPLY CHAIN, MERIDIAN ADHESIVES GROUP Mark has over 28 years of supply chain and manufacturing experience at Sealed Air Corporation,

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Royal Adhesives & Sealants, Elite Comfort Solutions, and most recently at Meridian Adhesives where he is the Vice President of Supply Chain. In his current role Mark leads all sourcing activities and develops sourcing strategies to leverage spend across all of Meridian’s divisions. Mark holds CPSM and C.P.M. certifications from the Institute for Supply Management and a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Polytechnical Institute.

Ms. Gorsen is the former general counsel of the California Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the former general counsel for the California Natural Resources Agency. In these roles, she oversaw policies that enforce California’s environmental laws, including Prop 65, the Endangered Species Act, Coastal Act and CEQA. She has been ranked in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Lawyers® since 2013.

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SENIOR GROUP LEADER, MAPEI CORPORATION USA Dr. Raj Hariharan is a Sr. Group Leader with MAPEI Corporation, where he works on research, development, production and application of products for floor coverings such as adhesives, sealants and primers.

Before Joining MAPEI, Raj worked for Rohm and Haas/ Dow Chemical. Raj has a Ph.D. in Polymers from Baylor University, TX. He has authored several United States and International patents and published several articles in peer reviewed journals.

TECHNICAL SERVICE SPECIALIST, HUNTSMAN Technical Service Specialist for Field Promotions at Huntsman. Main area of focus supporting sales and customers for transportation and industrial growth markets pertaining to adhesives. Experience providing technical expertise for formulated two-part systems and adhesive components. Previously worked with polyurethane foams, formulating systems used for insulation. Also has a background in coating development for optical lenses applications. Educational background Texas A&M, B.S. in Chemistry.

MAUREEN GORSEN

PARTNER, SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP Ms. Gorsen is the former director of the California DTSC, where she directed regulation of waste, soil and water cleanups under CERCLA, RCRA, and brownfields laws. She spearheaded the California Green Chemistry Initiative and resulting laws governing chemicals under the California Safer Consumer Product rules and other state’s products programs and federal TSCA Reform.

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LELAND HARRS

MANAGING DIRECTOR, HOULIHAN LOKEY Mr. Harrs is Head of Houlihan Lokey’s Chemicals practice. As a member of the firm’s Industrials Group, he is responsible for managing banking relationships with public and private clients in the global chemical and related sectors and providing strategic ideas and advice related to M&A activity and capital raising. Mr. Harrs focuses on specialty chemicals and related subsectors, including formulate products, adhesives, sealants,

coatings, and resins. Mr. Harrs has more than 20 years of investment banking experience in the chemicals industry. He holds an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia and a B.A. from Columbia University, where he majored in Economics.

VERA HAYE

MANAGING DIRECTOR, GERMAN ADHESIVES ASSOCIATION Vera Haye is Managing Director at IVK – the German Adhesives Association. She is substantially involved in developing IVK’s sustainability strategy and supports the members with topics concerning adhesive bonding technology. Vera holds a doctoral degree in microbiology. In her spare time, Vera enjoys good food, travelling and running.

RALF HEINZMANN

GLOBAL TECHNICAL MANAGER, SIKA DEUTSCHLAND GMBH Mr. Ralf Heinzmann studied Polymer Chemistry and works as a Global Technical Manager in the division Sealing & Bonding of Sika AG in Germany.

He is also an active member of various technical committees. He is the Chairman of the German DIN standardization committee Joint Sealants, Convener of Working Group 4 of CEN TC 349 Sealants for Joints in Building Construction, Head of the German Delegation to ISO TC 59 SC 8, and Chairman of Working Group 7 Sealants within the German Chemical Manufacture.

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ANDY HINZ

MANAGING DIRECTOR, GRACE MATTHEWS, INC. Andy Hinz is a Managing Director at Grace Matthews and has over 15 years of M&A advisory experience in the chemicals and materials industry. Andy has led transactions in a variety of chemical sectors including adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, polymers and additives, plastics, packaging, food ingredients, and oil & gas. Andy is a frequent contributor to a variety of chemical industry publications and writes the M&A Corner column for Adhesives & Sealants Industry magazine.

DAVID HORWAT

PROPRIETOR, ADHESIVES-EXPERTS.COM Dave Horwat is a technical consultant for the adhesives industry with over 45 years of experience in formulation and technical support of acrylic and vinyl acetate polymers. Dave has worked and consulted in adhesive formulation development for woodworking, automotive, HVAC, insulation and many other submarkets or applications. Most recently, Dave has worked on the development of a mathematical adhesive formulation system which theoretically models structure-property relationships of adhesives.

ROB HUBBARD

CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER, H.B. FULLER As H.B. Fuller’s chief procurement officer, Rob Hubbard oversees more than $2 billion in spend, including over 18,000 unique raw materials and a wide range of indirect goods and services. Through his leadership of H.B. Fuller’s global strategic sourcing organization, he and his team strive for H.B. Fuller to be the preferred customer with its 15,000plus suppliers by employing global procurement strategies and technologies, hiring and developing a best-in-class team, fostering collaborative relationships with suppliers, and championing a culture that consistently delivers the best total value for the company. Prior to joining H.B. Fuller in 2012, Rob was with Procter & Gamble (P&G) for 22 years.

He started his career in research and development at P&G, where he led technical teams to define, develop, and qualify new processes and raw materials. Later he moved into the procurement organization, where he discovered his passion for creating win-win solutions with suppliers.

BILL HYDE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OLEFINS & ELASTOMERS, IHS MARKIT Mr. Hyde is a member of the IHS Markit Chemical Insight Olefins Team where he leads a group focused on analyzing markets related to C4 Olefins, synthetic and natural rubber, and tire raw materials. He has been consulting in this market since 2002.

NIREL INMAN

CO-PRESIDENT, CHICAGO GLUE & MACHINE – ADHESIVE DISTRIBUTION EXPERT At Chicago Glue and Machine (CGM), we are thinking about glue 24/7/365 so our customers don’t have to.

As Co-President and a proud second-generation family business leader, Nirel leads that mission via her focus on CGM’s operations, customer experience and, most importantly, team satisfaction. With small businesses like CGM employing nearly 48% of US workers, Nirel’s passion lies in supporting and empowering not only her own team, but those individuals her company does business with regardless of the size of the company.

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a more supportive working environment for customers and team members, Nirel’s actions and those of her company are rooted in the values they strive to uphold every day.

STUART JENKINSON

VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL SALES, H.B. FULLER COMPANY Stuart has over 25 years of experience in the adhesive industry with expertise in business & sales management across in a wide range of segments in the packaging and converting markets. He is a director on the FEICA Executive Board and EEB sponsor on the FEICA European Advocacy Group. Stuart Jenkinson holds an Applied Economics degree from University of Hertfordshire and is currently the Global Vice President Sales for Hygiene, Health & Consumables at H.B. Fuller.

STACY JORDAHL

VP INDUSTRIAL SPECIALTIES BUSINESS, INGEVITY – RAW MATERIALS EXPERT Stacy began his career in the chemical industry 25 years ago. 22 of those years have been dedicated to the field of pine chemistry with Ingevity and predecessor companies.

Throughout his career he has led several businesses focused on rosin-based resins; tall oil fatty acids and derivatives; as well as lignin-based chemistries servicing markets ranging from adhesives and printing inks to asphalt additives, agriculture and oilfield chemicals. In addition, he has led the efforts to successfully source, close and integrate many of company acquisitions. Today he oversees Ingevity’s Industrial Specialty business. His sourcing efforts began in 2005 after shortages caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Since then, Stacy has led Ingevity’s procurement strategy for Crude Tall Oil, a co-product from the pulp and paper industry and critical feedstock supporting sustainable tackifiers for the adhesives industry.

RAINER KALKOFEN

TECHNICAL MANAGER/TECHNICAL SERVICE AND APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH Rainer Kalkofen completed his studies at the WWU Münster/Germany in 2006 with a PhD degree in organic chemistry. After a postdoc at Stanford university, he joined the R&D department at ARLANXEO in 2008.

In 2016 he transferred to the technical service and application development department for polychloroprene and ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers. Since 2020 he works as an application specialist with the focus on customer support for adhesives including ethylene - vinyl acetate elastomers, polychloroprene and butyl rubber.

MOUHCINE KANOUNI

TECHNICAL MARKETING MANAGER, CLARIANT CORPORATION Dr. Mouhcine Kanouni is currently holding the position of Marketing Manager for Coatings within Clariant Performance Additives BU. He joined Clariant in 2013 from Cytec/Allnex where he held the position of global marketing manager for consumer electronics and automotive coatings. Previously and for over 13 years, he occupied several positions at Ciba Specialty Chemicals.

KAY KIAN-HEE

PRODUCT INNOVATION & TECHNICAL MANAGER, SHELL MDS (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. Bachelor & Master of Science in Industrial & Environmental Chemistry, PhD in Chemistry, Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC). Leads Shell MDS Product Innovation Team. Prior experience as

chemist, R&D manager and head of laboratory. Dr. Kay is passionate in product innovation and exploring new product application. By unlocking the potential of new molecules, he aims to bring solution to customers through innovation of customer-focused specialty products.

GREG KOZERA

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, SHALE CRESCENT USA Greg Kozera is Director of Marketing for Shale Crescent USA, a regional non-profit research and economic development marketing organization whose mission is to create jobs. He is a professional engineer with a masters in environmental engineering and more than 40 years of experience in the natural gas and oil industry. Kozera is the author of the books Just the Fracks Ma’am and Learned Leadership. Greg is a leadership & marketing expert, professional speaker and a writer with numerous published articles including a weekly newspaper column..

NICOLAS KRAUSS

DIVISIONAL HEAD OF INDUSTRIALS AND ELECTRONICS & REGIONAL HEAD OF AMERICAS, HENKEL ADHESIVE TECHNOLOGIES Nicolas Krauss is Corporate Senior Vice President of Henkel’s Industrials and Electronics’ Division as well as Regional Head of Adhesive Technologies Henkel Americas. Additionally, Nicolas is responsible for Strategic Marketing and New Business Models across Henkel Adhesive Technologies. Nicolas joined Henkel in January 2012. Prior to this he worked for The Boston Consulting Group and the United Nations. Nicolas has a Masters in International Politics & International Business from New York University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

BECKY KRISTOPEIT

SENIOR MANAGER CO2/FOOTPRINT REDUCTION, HENKEL CORPORATION Becky has worked in the adhesive industry for nearly 20 years, the last decade with a focus on adhesive solutions for nonwoven and tissue applications. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. Throughout her career, Becky has held various technical and business leadership roles supporting applications in paper converting, packaging, furniture and building components. She has led trainings at various consumer goods companies on adhesive applications and troubleshooting. She has been instrumental in driving the development of sustainable adhesive solutions for the personal hygiene industry. She is currently a member of Henkel’s industrial adhesives Circular Economy team with a focus on CO2 and footprint reduction.

SUZANA KUPIDLOWSKI BOAVENTURA

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, BRASKEM Bachelor in Chemical Engineer with MBA degree on Product Engineering and Management at São Paulo University. More than 20 years of experience in the chemical industry at Research and Development function with strong focus on sustainable products and process developments for multiple markets, including textile, plastics, paints, adhesives and intermediate chemistry. Nowadays a member of Braskem Specialties Business company, previous job was at Solvay company.

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DYLAN LAFERRIERE

TECHNICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE, KING INDUSTRIES, INC. Dylan LaFerriere is the Technical Sales Representative for King’s K-KAT® non-tin catalyst and K-FLEX®/K-POL® specialty diol resin modifiers. Dylan received his M.Sc in Chemistry from Sacred Heart University. After graduating, Dylan was a product development and technical service chemist in King’s coatings additive division for three years.

He focused on development of acid catalyst and King’s K-FLEX and K-KAT products. Dylan moved into his current sales role in 2020.

HAKSU LEE

organization. In 1998 he joined the Saint-Gobain group as production engineer at the Pont-à-Mousson plant (1998 – 2000), before becoming manager of the Toul plant (2000 – 2002), followed by deputy manager of the Pont-à-Mousson plant (2000 – 2004), managing director of the fittings and valves business (2004 – 2006), director of operations for Saint-Gobain Pont-à-Mousson (2006). From 2009 to 2013 he held the post of managing director of Saint-Gobain Pont-à-Mousson China before being the managing director of Saint-Gobain Pontà-Mousson and manager of the group pipe business. Since 2016, he is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bostik, an Arkema company, a leading global adhesive specialist in construction, consumer and industrial markets.

NORTH AMERICA TECHNICAL MANAGER, COATEX (ARKEMA GROUP) Haksu Lee is the North America Technical Manager for Coatex, part of Arkema Group. He received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from University of Pennsylvania and Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University. He has over 15 years of experience in R&D and Technical Service in Construction, Coatings, and Adhesives, with focus on waterborne rheology additives.

He currently holds five US patents.

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VINCENT LEGROS

SR. STAFF SCIENTIST, SOLVAY Shailesh Majmudar is a Senior Staff Scientist at Solvay.

He is responsible for technical support and new product development for the Novecare Coatings business.

Shailesh earned his MS in Applied Chemistry from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Masters

CHAIRMAN & CEO, BOSTIK Vincent Legros, 48 years old, graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and from Ponts et Chaussées, and holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in production and corporate

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL MANAGER, PPG Product Development technical manager for PPG Automotive, Adhesives & Sealants - Graduated from INSA chemical school in 1990 - 30 years experience in managing technical teams dedicated to products developments to Automotive in the field of Adhesives, Vibration dampers, battery pack materials.

SHAILESH MAJMUDAR

in Business Management from GNFC College. His work experience includes the preparation and use of surfactants, monomers and other additives in the preparation of polymers using emulsion technology for use in coatings and adhesives.

DALE MCCLUNG

VICE PRESIDENT, SUPPLY CHAIN SERVICES, CLX LOGISTICS With a background in chemical and biochemical engineering and over 20 years’ experience in strategic supply chain innovation, Dale McClung leads the Procurement and Supply Chain Design Solutions teams at CLX Logistics. Delivering innovative and disruptive procurement and supply chain solutions for the most complex global supply chain challenges is what we do best. By using a unique blend of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics coupled with trajectory forecasting and experience transporting freight we give clients remarkable insight into the performance of their supply chains as it relates to their financial bottom line, their customers and suppliers.

IRA MILLER

R&D MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST, L&L PRODUCTS Ira Miller has developed structural adhesives, primarily for the transportation industry, for the past 23 years at L&L Products. He has spent 15 of those years in France, working with global automotive producers, providing structural adhesive solutions for the immerging markets of vehicle light-weighting and multi-material bonding.

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JIM MO

DEPUTY MANAGER, CIRS GROUP USA, INC. Jim Mo is the Deputy Manager of CIRS US office located in Arlington, Virginia. Before joining CIRS, Jim received his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas Tech University and became involved in the regulatory affairs practices during his two year experience in the industry. Four years with CIRS, Jim’s consulting expertise involves China chemical management regulations (China REACH & Haz chem), GHS communications (SDS & Labels) and national industry standards (VOC & RoHS & FCM).

HAMID MORTAZAVIAN

SCIENTIST, L&L PRODUCTS Hamid Mortazavian earned his doctorate degree in the field of polymer chemistry at Oklahoma State University.

He has also done research at the University of Michigan with a focus on polymer synthesis. For the last five years he has worked as an R&D scientist for L&L Products, developing two component adhesives and foams for construction, marine, and automotive industries.

HARRY MOSER

FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, RESHORING INITIATIVE® Founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative after being president of high-end machine tool maker GF Machining Solutions for 22 years. Awards include: Industry Week’s Manufacturing Hall of Fame, Quality Magazine’s Quality Professional of the year, SPE’s Mold Designer of the Year. Participated actively in President Obama’s 1/11/12 Insourcing Forum at the White House. Frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Financial Times,, New Yorker and USA Today and seen on Fox Business, MarketWatch, and other national TV and radio programs. BS and MS in Engineering from MIT and MBA from U. of Chicago.

DAN MURAD

PRESIDENT & CEO, CHEMQUEST GROUP, INC. Dan Murad is the CEO of The ChemQuest Group, Inc. His career in the specialty chemicals industry spans over 40 years. Dan serves on many professional and industry organizations and committees, and he serves as an independent director on the Board of four organizations.

His passions lie in enhancing sustainable profitable growth through innovation and value creation. He holds a BS Chemistry degree from Wabash College and an MBA in Finance from William & Mary.

BRETT NEUMANN

TECHNICAL MANAGER, KRATON CHEMICALS, LLC Brett Neumann has worked in technical service and new product development in adhesive related industries for twenty nine years. For the last three years he has worked for Kraton as the Technical Manager for the R&D & Applications team in Savannah, Georgia providing support for the use of tackifiers and SBC polymers in adhesive formulas. Brett received a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Chemistry from the University of Louisville in 1992.

KRISTEL ONS

SECRETARY GENERAL, FEICA (THE ASSOCIATION OF THE EUROPEAN ADHESIVE & SEALANT INDUSTRY) Kristel Ons is Secretary General of FEICA (the Association of the European adhesive and sealant

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industry). Prior to joining FEICA, Kristel had a successful career in global business development across a range of industries. Her ability to understand customers’ strategic initiatives and identify opportunities has been the driver of her professional life. Based in Brussels, Belgium, Kristel holds a Bachelor’s in Marketing & Communications, a Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Finance, and an Executive Master’s in International Association Management. In addition, she is a certified Prince2© Foundation Project Manager.

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BRIAN ORKIN

MARY ELLEN PERKIN

PARTNER, ARSENAL CAPITAL Brian Orkin is an investment partner at Arsenal Capital Partners where his responsibilities include investment strategy development, deal origination, and transaction execution as a member of the fund’s Industrial Growth team. Prior to joining Arsenal in 2010, Mr. Orkin was a principal at The Anderson Group LLC. Prior to joining The Anderson Group LLC, he co-founded a bank holding company which acquired a national bank in Florida. Mr. Orkin started his career as a corporate finance attorney with law firms in California and Pennsylvania. Mr Orkin currently sits on the Board of Directors of AvCarb Materials and CME STEM. Mr. Orkin earned a JD from California Western School of Law, an MBA from the executive program at the University of Pittsburgh, and a BA from the University of Michigan.

JIM OWENS

PRESIDENT & CEO, H.B. FULLER COMPANY James J. Owens was named president and CEO of H.B. Fuller Company in November 2010, where he is leading the company’s transformation and profitable growth in its targeted markets. He joined H.B. Fuller on September 2, 2008, as senior vice president of the Americas region. Prior to H.B. Fuller, Owens spent 22 years with National Adhesives, a division of ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries Limited), in a variety of management positions. He also ran the North America adhesives business for Henkel after its acquisition of National Adhesives. Owens is a board member of Donaldson Company, Inc., and serves on the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Business Board of Overseers and its Executive Education Advisory Board, and is a board member of the America Chemical Council (ACC). Owens is a former board member and chairman of the Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) and served on Minnesota Super Bowl LII Host Committee. Owens holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware and a master’s in business administration from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

JEREMY PASATTA

TECHNICAL SERVICE MANAGER, TRANSPORTATION AND INDUSTRIAL, HUNTSMAN CORPORATION BS in polymer chemistry from Rochester Institute of Technology. Continuing education in polymer science from University of Akron. Over 15 years experience in epoxy adhesives and components for epoxy adhesives. Currently holds several patents related to tougheners for epoxy formulations. Current Vice President of the Thermoset Resin Formulators Association. Current role is Technical Services Manager for Transportation and Industrial applications at Huntsman Corporation.

APPLIED TECHNOLOGY SCIENTIST IV, EVONIK CORPORATION Jay Patel joined Evonik’s Functional Silanes business line as an Applied Technology Scientist in June of 2020.

Since then, his research has focused on silanes for adhesive & sealant related applications. In the past Jay has worked as a formulations chemist and as a product development engineer in the A&S industry for the past 11 years. He obtained his B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Lehigh University in 2010.

MANAGER, CONSUMER AND CLEANING PRODUCTS, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE CANADA Mary Ellen Perkin is the Manager of Consumer and Cleaning Products within the Products Division at Environment and Climate Change Canada. Mary Ellen joined the department in 1996 and holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada. Currently, Mary Ellen’s team is responsible for the development and administration of regulatory controls for several substances used in the cleaning products, cosmetics, and adhesives and sealants industries.

TOM RIBELLI

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, AVERY DENNISON Tom Ribelli is currently a research associate working in the Avery Dennison Polymer, Adhesives and Coatings Center of Excellence (PACE) in Mill Hall, Pennsylvania.

Throughout his four years with PACE, he has been focused on developing next generation pressure sensitive adhesive technologies to advance Avery Dennison’s sustainability initiatives. He received his PhD in chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University working with Krzysztof Matyjaszewski developing photoinitiated polymerizations for the synthesis of advanced functional materials.

ERIC RONNING

PRESIDENT & CEO, RE MIXERS, INC. In 2012, Eric Ronning introduced the first 3D printed prosthetic arm while a Sophomore at UW-Madison. In 2015, Ronning received funding through UW-Madison’s Igniter program and later placed second in Wisconsin’s Business Plan Competition for his plan to launch Re Mixers, Inc. After securing financing in 2016, Eric spent four years growing Re Mixers, Inc. and developing the Xemex Mixing Nozzle. Eric continues to serve as President and CEO of Re Mixers, Inc. in Madison, Wisconsin.

CARLOS RUZAFA SILVESTRE

RESEARCHER, ADVANCED MATERIALS & TECHNOLOGIES, INESCOP Graduated in Environmental Sciences, I am a researcher at the Advanced Technologies Department of the Footwear Technological Center, INESCOP and I am part of the secretariat of the Spanish Association of Glues and Adhesives Manufacturers, ASEFCA. My current research focuses on the field of the application of more sustainable adhesives and coatings, surface treatments and sustainability. I have worked in the environmental sector in an environmental and integrated water cycle management company.

VICTORIA SCARBOROUGH

VICE PRESIDENT COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION, CHEMQUEST GROUP, INC. Dr. Victoria Scarborough has worked in the coatings industry for over 40 years and retired from The Sherwin-

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Williams Co. As New Technology Director for the Consumer Brands group, Dr. Scarborough sought & developed new technologies for well-known brands. She holds multiple national and international patents, published numerous articles on innovation, product development and commercialization and has been an invited speaker to both national and international conferences. She joined The ChemQuest Group Inc. in 2019 as Vice President of Collaborative Innovation to assist client-sponsored projects. She holds a B.S. in Biology from the University of Mary Washington, a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of TN Health Science Center and completed the Sherwin-Williams Leadership Excellence Program at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western University.

RAPHAEL SCHALLER

CTO, NOLAX AG In 2013, Raphael commenced his doctoral studies “Creating Complex Polymer Systems - From Polyethylene Al Dente to Polystyrene Mille-Feuille” in the Department of Materials at the ETH Zuich in Switzerland. In 2016, he worked as a postdoctoral scientist in Switzerland, the UK, and China. In January 2017, he joined nolax and established the start-up “Thin-ply,” and in October 2018, he took over the CTO role and is leading both the Application and Research & Development teams at nolax.

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TECHNICAL SERVICE MANAGER ADHESIVES, SYNTHOMER Dr. Kristin Schoene studied Chemistry, specializing in Materials and Nanochemistry at the University of Hannover. During her PhD, she presented her research on solardriven energy conversion (inter)national conferences. In 2018, she joined Synthomer as R&D Graduate with rotating assignments in R&D (EU & USA), Technical Service and Marketing. Since joining the Technical Service Adhesives team, she works on customer- and innovation-driven technical product developments for Synthomer’s adhesives.

DR. JAYSHREE SETH

CORPORATE SCIENTIST AND CHIEF SCIENCE ADVOCATE, 3M COMPANY Jayshree Seth is a Corporate Scientist at 3M and leads Applied Technology Development projects for Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division, the largest industrial business at 3M. She has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University in NY and a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from India, and holds 65 US patents for a variety of innovations that she has worked on in her 26 years at 3M, including adhesives, tapes, nonwovens and fasteners. Jayshree is currently working on identifying new growth opportunities, and is engaged in new technology development and commercialization for sustainable Industrial Products within various markets. She is also a certified Design for Six Sigma Black Belt. In 2018 Jayshree was appointed as 3M’s first ever Chief Science Advocate and is using her scientific knowledge, technical expertise and professional experience to advance science and communicate the importance and benefits of science in everyday life. A focus area is making science more accessible and fostering a new generation of scientists and science advocates.

CALVIN SHEN

MARKETING MANAGER, ARAMCO PERFORMANCE MATERIALS Calvin Shen is the Marketing Manager at Aramco Performance Materials, a United States based subsidiary of one of the world’s leading energy providers, Saudi Aramco. He joined Aramco Performance Materials in 2017 to lead its new product development efforts for polycarbonate polyols. Dr. Shen holds a Ph.D. in polymer science from The University of Akron.

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JINGGUO SHEN

TECHNICAL MANAGER, EVONIK CORPORATION Jingguo Shen is a polymer chemist by training. He is a Technical Manager for the Advanced PU Materials group at Evonik Corporation, responsible for the Applied Development and Technical Service efforts in the High-Density PU and CASE market.

He holds a PhD degree in Chemistry from University of Southern California. Before joining Evonik, he worked on automotive coating systems at DuPont Performance Coatings and later Axalta Coating Systems.

PAUL SNOWWHITE

CEO, APPLIED MOLECULES Paul Snowwhite received his B.A. in 1993 and his Masters in materials in 1998.

Paul has worked in various technical, market development and leadership roles at Northwest Coatings, Borden Chemical, Hexion and ADCO Products. Paul has >30 UV patents in various CASE applications and hundreds of commercial products. Paul is current CEO and of Applied Molecules.

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ELIZABETH STAAB

GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER, RIGID PACKAGING, H.B. FULLER Elizabeth leads the sustainable packaging product strategy for the Rigid Packaging segment at H.B. Fuller and ensures that product and solution developments meet future sustainability and circular economy needs.

She has 15 years of B2B marketing experience, has led regional and global teams and a deep passion for sustainability.

VOLKER STANJEK

HEAD OF RESEARCH, WACKER CHEMIE CORP. Dr. Volker Stanjek was born in Dinslaken (Germany) on April 17th, 1969. After school, military services, university and his doctorate he joined Wacker Chemical Corp. in 1998. Nowadays he is head of a research laboratory and manager of the innovation platform “hybrid polymers.” He is author or co-author of more than 80 patents, and the only Wacker researcher who has won twice the Alexander Wacker Innovation Award which was granted annually for the most successful present innovation.

YA-TING SU

SCIENTIST, ARKEMA INC. Ya-Ting Su is a Scientist working for Arkema’s Plastic Additives team. Plastic Additives produces a range of acrylic based modifiers designed to improve the processability and performance properties of different resins. Her responsibilities include both new product development and technical support for customers.

Currently, she focuses on improving the mechanical properties of structural adhesive systems. She obtained her PhD in Fiber and Polymer Science at NCSU.

HAJIME TAKEDA

R&D, AGC INC. Hajime Takeda joined AGC Inc. in 2012 after receiving his B.S. degree in Applied Chemistry from Doshisha University in 2010 and M.S. degree in Chemical Biology from Tokyo University in 2012. He has been engaged in R&D of Polyether polyols for the past six years.

CHRISTIAN TERFLOTH

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, JOWAT SE Holding a doctoral degree in chemistry Christian Terfloth joined Jowat in 1995. Since January 2003, he has been a member of the Board of Directors at Jowat SE. Main areas of activity: Research and development, technical support and service, procurement, and management systems in the field of industrial adhesives.

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SHOTA UMEMOTO

SENOR ENGINEER, SHARP CHEMICAL IND. CO., LTD. Osaka City University, 2015: Bachelor in Functional Chemistry. Experience: Research and development of adhesives and sealants for five years.

MARLEN VALVERDE

SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGEROEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES, H.B. FULLER Dr. Marlen Valverde has over 20 years of experience in the chemical industry with expertise in adhesion science and adhesive formulation, structure-property relationship of polymers, strategic planning, project management and business communication. She has published several technical articles in peer-review journals and has authored several patents. Dr. Valverde holds a PhD degree from Iowa State University and is currently a Business Development Manager for the Automotive and EV markets.

PIETER VAN HELDEN

PROJECT LEADER: APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT, SASOL CHEMICALS Pieter van Helden has a PhD in Quantum Chemistry and Catalysis and joined Sasol in 2009. He was appointed as Project Leader for Applications Development in Sasol Chemicals, Performance Solutions, Wax Laboratories in 2019. His team is responsible for the development of the applications of Sasol products in the fields of Adhesives, Inks and Polymer processing.

RUOLEI WANG, SR.

TECHNICAL AND MARKETING DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, KANEKA NORTH AMERICA Ruolei Wang is Sr. Technical and Marketing Development Manager at Kaneka North America, providing technical support for customers on MS Polymer formulation and application developments. Dr. Wang holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Akron.

Ruolei Wang has 17 years’ experience with product development and technical support involving various chemistry in CASE applications.

CHRIS WHITE

SENIOR MANAGING SCIENTIST, EXPONENT Dr. White, a consultant with Exponent, is a recognized expert in rheology, adhesion, polymer degradation, and other aspects of polymer science. He is also an appointed member of a United Nations Environmental Program Scientific Advisory Panel working on materials degradation. Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. White worked at NIST quantifying the degradation of polymers exposed

to outdoor weathering. He holds a Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin and a MBA from University of Maryland.

STEVEN WILLIAMS

VP, C5 AND HYDROCARBON RESINS, ARGUS MEDIA Steve Williams is Vice-President for C5 and Hydrocarbon Resins at Argus Media Inc. In that capacity, he is responsible for overseeing the C5+ consulting and editorial publications, including the monthly C5 and Hydrocarbon Resins Report and the Hydrocarbon Resins Annual. Steve joined Argus in March of 2020 and has over 35 years of prior experience in the petrochemical industry, having spent over 28 years at The Dow Chemical Company (now Dow Inc.) in various production and commercial roles.

EMILY WILTS

POLYMER SCIENTIST, EXPONENT Dr. Emily Wilts completed her PhD in Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2020 in the Timothy Long research group. She investigated structureproperty-processing relationships of water-soluble and biodegradable polymers for 3D printing and biomedical applications. She completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2022 at the University of British Columbia in the Timothy Kieffer research group studying immunoprotective biomaterials used for encapsulation of islets for celltherapy treatments of diabetes. She is currently a Polymer Scientist at Exponent in Natick, MA.

THOMAS WOLF

START-UP LEADER, NOLAX AG Thomas Wolf is a wood engineer and has an EMBA in International Management. He began his career in the adhesives industry in 2001 at Collano AG as the leader of both the Innovation and Engineering departments.

In 2007 he moved to 3A Composites where he held positions in business development and management in the field of structural core materials for the wind power industry and marine applications. Thomas joined nolax in 2016, and he is currently leading two start-up companies within nolax, and he is also a member of the management team.

LARRY WU

PROJECT MANAGER, TEX YEAR INDUSTRIES INC. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology - Master Manufacturer of Photoresist - R&D Engineer Tex Year Industries Inc. - HMA Researcher Scientist Tex Year Industries Inc. Project Manager.

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EXPO Reception Sponsor:

Tuesday, April 26 3:00 to 7:00 p.m.

EXPO and Reception Salon A, Lower Lobby The ASC EXPO is an exclusive opportunity to interact one-on-one with colleagues, exchange information on the latest developments in the industry, win some of the terrific prizes in the EXPO raffle, and mingle during the reception, which begins at 5:30 p.m.

EXPO Raffle Prize Sponsors:

Apple iPad Booth 413 & 415

Apple iPad Booth 225

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Adhesive and Sealant Council.................... 606 Adhesives & Sealants Industry (ASI magazine).......................................................521 MS AGC Chemicals Americas............................................ 211 S Albion Engineering Company.................... 200 Applied Test Systems.......................................................... 103 Arakawa Chemical (USA)................................................327 ARAMCO Performance Materials LLC..... 512** Arkema....................................................... 208 ARLANXEO USA LLC.........................................................513 Barentz.................................................................................... 113 BASF Corporation...............................................................430 BRASKEM..................................................... 419 BYK USA Inc.........................................................................505 Calumet Specialty Products....................................... 422** Cardolite......................................................326 ChemCeed LLC.............................................................105** ChemOps Training........................................................ 417** Chromatech Inc.............................................................109** Covestro LLC................................... 320 & 322 S Cray Valley...................................... 407 & 409 Cross Oil.................................................................................318 DRT......................................................................................325 S Dynasol Group.......................................................421 & 423 Eastman.........................................301 & 303 S Ellsworth Adhesives.............................................................202 Evonik Corporation..................... 315, 317, 319 S ExxonMobil Chemical Company.................624 FlackTek SpeedMixer, Inc................................................. 221 Fluid-Bag..................................................... 500 Galata Chemical LLC.......................................................... 612 Gantrade Corp..............................................................321** Gehring-Montgomery Inc............................312 Gelest Inc..................................................... 213 Guangzhou Flying Dragon Chemical Ltd................... 101** H.B. Fuller..................................................201 S H.M. Royal, Incorporated............................207 HALLSTAR.................................................... 426

Hauschild Speedmixer............................... 406 Hovus.......................................................................................111 Huber Calcium Carbonate............................................... 104 Imerys........................................................................425 & 427 Ingevity..........................................224 & 226 S JPB Industry............................................................................300 Kaneka MS Polymer®....................523 & 525 S

Renkert Oil...............................................614** Revelli Chemicals........................................................... 217** REXtac Polymers and Adhesives.................227 Rianlon Americas, Inc.........................................................309 Risun Polymer China Co., LTD...................... 418 Sasol Performance Chemicals..................... 219 SCG................................................................................. 222** Scott Bader...................................................220 Shell MDS (Middle Distillates Synthesis)..................311** Shiraishi Kogyo Kaisha............................... 210 Showa Denko America......................................................416 SI Group....................................................... 215 Soudal Accumetric...................................... 304 Specialty Minerals Inc.......................................................408 Specialty Polymers...............................................................313 Springfield Industries..............................515** STI Polymer............................................ 225 RS Synthomer.................................................. 305 Teckrez, Inc...................................................431 Tiarco-RST............................................... 602** TIB Chemical Corporation.............................................519 S Trecora Chemical.........................................501 Trexan Chemicals, Inc.................................................. 310** TRINTERNATIONAL, INC.................. 403 & 405 TSRC Specialty Materials, LLC.......... 402 & 404 Uniquechem Solutions Inc.................................................400 UniSource – Energy, LLC.................................................. 107 United Performance Materials Corporation............... 306 Vinavil.....................................................................................323 Wacker............................................ 216 & 218 S Wanhua Chemical (America)...................................506** Worthen Industries, Inc................................520

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King Industries, Inc...............................................................522 Kowa American Corporation....................................205** Kraton Corporation..................... 413 & 415 RS Kuraray............................................. 330 & 331 L&L Products......................................................... 509 & 511 S LANXESS (Urethane Systems)......................................516 S LANXESS Polymer Additives..........................................518 S Lawter Inc.................................................... 510 Lintech International...................................................... 412** Longyan Shenghe Trading Co., Ltd............................212** MAAG Group.............................................. 203 Matrix Adhesives Group.....................223 S** Mayzo Inc..............................................................................316 medmix........................................................307 Milin Environmental.............................................................424 Momentive Performance Materials................................. 411 MUNZING.................................................... 410 MXD Process........................................................................600 nanoGriptech Inc......................................................... 420** NatureWorks............................................... 616 Netzsch Instruments North America LLC................503** Newborn Brothers Co., Inc................................................414 Omya.......................................................... 204 Palmer Holland, Inc............................................................526 Polimeros Sinteticos SA de CV..................................504** Premier Building Solutions......................517** Primient (formerly Tate & Lyle)...........................................209 ProSys Servo Filling Systems............................................. 401 PSI-Polymer Systems Inc....................................................604 R.E. Carroll, Inc.....................................................................507 Rain Carbon Germany GmbH.................................206**

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EXHIBITOR DESCRIPTIONS ** – New Exhibitors S – Sponsors RS – Raffle Sponsors MS – Media Sponsors Bold – ASC Members

BOOTH 606 Adhesive and Sealant Council

Contact: Bill Allmond, President 510 King Street, Suite 418, Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: (301) 986-9700 ext. 1111 Fax: (301) 986-9795 Email: bill.allmond@ascouncil.org Stop by the ASC BOOTH to explore LIVE and ONDEMAND WEBINARS for timely and critical technical, regulatory and business topics. Webinars are available for entry level, mid-level and senior level staff.

Stop by to learn about BENEFITS, MEMBERSHIP, and critical MARKET DATA!

BOOTH 521 MS Adhesives & Sealants Industry (ASI magazine)

Contact: Amy Vallance, Associate Publisher 2401 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 700, Troy, MI 48084 Phone: (281) 928-3520

Email: vallancea@bnpmedia.com Adhesives & Sealants Industry is focused on in-depth coverage of adhesive and sealant manufacturing, formulations, and finished products such as pressuresensitive adhesives (PSAs), structural adhesives, sealants, and coatings. ASI reaches key adhesive and sealant professionals and adhesive and sealant buying influencers at manufacturing facilities of all sizes with unparalleled content across cutting-edge multi-media platforms including eMagazines, eBooks, eNewsletters, webinars, social media, podcasts and videos, and more.

BOOTH 211 S AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc.

Contact: Jim Scott, Business Manager 55 East Uwchlan Avenue, Exton, PA 19341 Phone: (610) 423-4300 Fax: (610) 423-4301 Email: AGCChemicals.Info@agc.com AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc., a leading global supplier of fluorochemicals and specialty materials, will showcase

our vertically integrated polyether polyol PREMINOL™ which has ultra-low monol content, high molecular weight and a narrow molecular weight distribution highly suitable for CASE applications due to its high flexibility, good durability and mechanical properties.

BOOTH 200 Albion Engineering Company

Contact: Margarita Mitchell, Marketing Specialist 1250 North Church Street Moorestown, NJ 08057-1102 Phone: (856) 235-6688 Email: margarita@albioneng.com Founded in 1929, Albion is a third generation manufacturer of hand tools. Recognized as the leader in the field of hand-held dispensing technologies, Albion supports the construction industry with innovative, high quality caulking guns and accessories for the most demanding applications. Albion has a solution for all dispensing needs! The Best Just Keeps Gettin’ Better!®

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BOOTH 103 Applied Test Systems

Contact: AJ Werner, Product Manager 154 East Brook Lane, Butler, PA 16002 Phone: (724) 283-1212 Fax: (724) 283-6570 Email: sales@atspa.com Applied Test Systems Series 500 line of Sealant Testing Machines simulate the expansion and contraction of sealant joints in actual installations, even under extreme conditions of sweltering heat and bitter cold, for realistic and accurate results. Visit www.atspa.com for more information.

BOOTH 327 Arakawa Chemical (USA) Inc.

Contact: Bryan Quenaud, Sales Manager 625 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: (815) 861-9809 Fax: (312) 642-0089 Email: quenaud@arakawa-usa.com Arakawa Chemical is Japan’s leading tackifier supplier and recognized globally as a technology leader. We offer products for the adhesives and sealant market including unique rosin derivatives and ARKON – the world’s first colorless hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin (C9). In order to support our global business, Arakawa is proud to announce that our new ARKON plant in Chiba, Japan will be operational in Q1 2021 – joining existing facilities in Japan and Germany.

BOOTH 512** Aramco Performance Materials Contact: Calvin Shen, Marketing Manager 1999 Lake Avenue, Rochester, NY 14650 Phone: (832) 840-0680 Email: calvin.shen@aramcoamericas.com Aramco Performance Materials is a CO2 based, green polyol supplier. The Converge Polyol has excellent compatibility with polyether, polyester and polycarbonate polyols to further improving the polyurethane product performance used in a wide range of CASE applications.

BOOTH 208 Arkema

Contact: Sanjay Luthra, Global Marketing Manager 410 Gregson Drive, Cary, NC 27511 Phone: (678) 910-3663 Email: sanjay.luthra@arkema.com Arkema offers Encor Emulsions, Coatex and Crayvallac Rheological Additives and Impact modifiers for Adhesives & Sealants. Link: www.arkemacoatingresins.com.

BOOTH 513 ARLANXEO USA LLC

Contact: Kevin Kulbaba Technical Service & Development Manager 999 Collip Circle, London, Ontario, N6G0J3 Canada Phone: (519) 902-1292 Email: kevin.kulbaba@arlanxeo.com ARLANXEO is a world-leading synthetic rubber company with twenty production sites in nine countries.

The company offers a broad portfolio for the adhesives and sealants industry, including Levamelt® EVM, Baypren® CR, Keltan® EPDM, Baymod® N/Perbunan®/ Krynac® NBR grades and X_Butyl® products.

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BOOTH 113 Barentz

Contact: Mark Blakely, President - CASE 1390 Jaycox Road, Avon, OH 44011 Phone: (440) 937-1000 Fax: (440) 937-1001 Email: mblakely@barentz.us Barentz is a leading global life science ingredients distributor. The company sources branded specialty ingredients from leading manufacturers worldwide and its ingredient experts provide value-added technical support which includes pre-mixing, blending, ingredient formulation and ingredient testing from its state-of-the-art, customized formulation centers and application laboratories in EMEA, Americas and Asia-Pacific. Established in 1953, Barentz has operations in more than 60 countries with a strong presence in Europe and North America, and a rapidly growing network in Latin America and AsiaPacific. With a turnover of €1.85 billion, the company employs around 1,750 people worldwide and serves over 21,000 customers. For more information, visit: www.barentz-na.com.

BOOTH 430 BASF Corporation

Contact: Kathleen Blauvelt, Account Manager 100 Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 7932 Phone: (973) 936-4641 Email: kathleen.blauvelt@basf.com BASF offers the broadest line of polyisobutylenes for pressure sensitive, hot-melt and solvent-based adhesives. Oppanol® PIBs provide an excellent barrier against moisture, great adhesion and tack to many surfaces, and cold flow for self-healing features. To learn more, please visit www.basf.us/ pib_derivatives.

BOOTH 419 Braskem

Contact: Giancarlo Roxo, Commercial 1735 Market Street, 28th floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19103-7583 Phone: (215) 841-3100 Email: giancarlo.roxo@braskem.com Oriented towards people and sustainability, Braskem is engaged in contributing to the value chain in order to strengthen the Circular Economy. Its 8,000 team members dedicate themselves every day to improving people’s lives through sustainable solutions in chemicals and plastics.

With its corporate DNA rooted in innovation, Braskem offers a comprehensive portfolio of plastic resins and chemical products for diverse industries, specially the adhesive market, including hydrocarbon resins (HCR’s), Polyisobutylene (PIB), EVA and Bio-based PE Wax.

BOOTH 505 BYK USA Inc.

Contact: Tobias Austermann Head of Global End Use Adhesives & Sealants 524 South Cherry Street, Wallingford, CT 6492 Phone: 4.9281670281e+12 Email: tobias.austermann@altana.com BYK is a leading global supplier of specialty additives for adhesives and sealants. BYK’s wetting and dispersing additives, surface additives, defoamers and air release additives, rheology modifiers, adhesion promoters, wax and nano additives are used to optimize production and application processes, and to improve the qualities of the

finished products. As one of the most innovative companies, BYK invests 8% of earnings each year in research and development—a figure that is three times the industry average.

Innovating superior additives to meet our customers’ current and future needs is always BYK’s main focus.

BOOTH 422** Calumet Specialty Products

Contact: Felicia Grubbs, Business Development Director 2780 Waterford Parkway East Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46214 Phone: (317) 957-5417 Email: felicia.grubbs@calumetspecialty.com Calumet manufactures, formulates and markets a diversified slate of specialty branded products including naphthenic and paraffinic process oils, aliphatic solvents, and waxes. Our products cover a wide range of viscosity and solvency characteristics. We are headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, with numerous facilities across North America. Visit CalumetSpecialty.com to learn more.

BOOTH 326 Cardolite

Contact: Steve Joest, Account Manager 140 Wharton Road, Bristol, PA 19007 Phone: (502) 693-4165 Email: sjoest@cardolite.com Cardolite Corporation is the world leader in developing and manufacturing cashew nutshell liquid (CNSL) based products, and CNSL is a natural, non-food chain, and annually renewable biomaterial. Various industries including coatings, adhesives, composites, and friction materials, have taken advantage of unique properties offered by CNSL based curing agents, epoxy products, and polyols.

BOOTH 105** ChemCeed

Contact: Rolly Endres, Marketing 1720 Prosperity Court, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729 Phone: (715) 726-2300 Fax: (715) 726-2314 Email: rolly@chemceed.com ChemCeed serves the adhesive, coatings, and plastic industry with a broad base of high-quality raw materials and services. Our product lines include products such as acylate monomers, antifoamers, plasticizers, pigments, flame retardants, corrosion inhibitors, and solvents.

BOOTH 417** ChemOps Training

Contact: Joe Dettinger Senior Manager, Technical & Safety Education 1400 Crystal Drive, Suite 630, Arlington, VA 22202 Phone: (571) 348-5119 Email: jdettinger@socma.org ChemOps Training, an innovative and effective training curriculum, engages higher performance for the specialty chemical industry’s workforce development challenges.

ChemOps Training, developed by industry for industry, includes interactive exercises, animations that aid in visualization, and assessments. ChemOps Training is a program of SOCMA.

BOOTH 109** Chromatech Inc.

Contact: John Monitz, Technical Sales Manager 7723 Market Drive, Canton, MI 48187 Phone: (734) 660-8344 Email: jmonitz@chromatechcolors.com

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Chromatech Incorporated is a US and EU based manufacturer/supplier of specialty colorants including: water-based dyes; oil/solvent compatible dyes; fluorescent tracer dyes; and pigment dispersions. We offer a broad selection of dyes and pigment dispersions for use in adhesives, with excellent solubility and vibrant color.

BOOTH 320 & 322 S Covestro LLC

Contact: Cassie Popovski Marketing Manager-Adhesives and Sealants 1 Covestro Circle, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 Phone: (412) 651-7838 Email: cassie.popovski@covestro.com Covestro is a leading producer of advanced polymers.

Visit our booth to see how raw materials for adhesives and sealants can support the journey to becoming #FullyCircular. https://solutions.covestro.com/en/ materials/adhesives

BOOTH 407 & 409 Cray Valley

Contact: Thierry Razat, Business Director 665 Stockton Drive, Suite 100 Exton, PA 19341 Phone: (610) 314-9554 Email: thierry.razat@totalenergies.com Globally based in Paris, Cray Valley, a sustainable company, is part of TotalEnergies Polymers division within the Refining & Chemicals branch. Cray Valley is the global leader in liquid polybutadiene resins and a major player in C5 and C9 based tackifiers.

BOOTH 318 Cross Oil

Contact: Janet Chenoweth, Customer Service Manager PO Box 191, Kilgore, TX 75663 Phone: (800) 343-6361 Email: janet.chenoweth@martinmlp.com Cross Oil specializes in the manufacture and distribution of naphthenic process oils geared towards utilization in adhesive and sealant applications. Our ISO 9001:2015 certified facility is centrally located in Smackover, Arkansas.

Every product is manufactured to a high degree of consistency due to our involvement in the entire supply chain.

BOOTH 325 S DRT

Contact: Marvin Hickman, Sales Manager 2801 Cook Street, Brunswick, GA 31520 Phone: (912) 265-3550 Email: drtsales@drt.fr A world leader in plant chemistry, DRT develops renewable biobased ingredients to offer the Adhesive industry one of the widest range of pine-based tackifiers.

These sustainable resins are used in various end-markets such as packaging, non-wovens, woodworking, bookbinding, tapes & labels, construction and electronics.

Contact: DRT sales, drt.sales@drt.fr.

BOOTH 421 & 423 Dynasol Group

Contact: Sergio Araujo, Global Sales Account Manager A&S 14340 Torrey Chase Boulevard, Suite 365

Houston, TX 77014 Phone: (281) 885-1700 Email: sergio.araujo@dynasol.com Dynasol is a worldwide producer of a wide range of styrene-butadiene copolymers including SEBS, SBS linear and radial and solution SBR, commercialized under the trade names Solprene® and Calprene®. You can also benefit from our experience and support at www.dynasolelastomers.com.

BOOTH 301 & 303 S Eastman

Contact: Kieran Smith, Marketing Director 200 S. Wilcox Drive, Kingsport, TN 37660 Phone: (412) 229-6016 Email: kieransmith@eastman.com Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive and diverse company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2021 revenues of approximately $10.5 billion and is

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BOOTH 202 Ellsworth Adhesives

Contact: The Glue Doctors W129 N10825 Washington Drive, Germantown, WI 53022 Phone: (877) 454-9224 Email: info@ellsworth.com Ellsworth Adhesives is a global distributor specializing in the supply and logistics of specialty chemicals and equipment. Backed by decades of experience and a team of experts, Ellsworth Adhesives offers customers complete solutions for their application needs by providing value added services and support.

BOOTH 315, 317 & 319 S Evonik Corporation

Contact: Danielle Cassella, Marketing Specialist 299 Jefferson Road, Parsippany, NJ 7054 Phone: (862) 222-7013 Email: Danielle.cassella@evonik.com Evonik Corporation offers AEROSIL® fumed silica, AERODISP® (aqueous dispersions of fumed silica), Dynasylan® silanes, and Sipernat® performance silicas for the adhesives and sealants industries. AEROSIL® fumed silicas can be used to increase viscosity and reinforcement, Dynasylan® silanes are excellent adhesion promoters, and Sipernat® offers performance silicas with better application properties. Polymer ST and TEGOPAC® are a complete product line of unique silane-modified polymers allowing customers to reach a broad number of applications within the adhesives and sealants market.

DYNACOLL® polyester polyols and DYNACOLL AC® polyacrylates are well essential building blocks in the production of PUR hot melts, VESTOPLAST® (amorphous poly-alpha-olefins) is a key ingredient in polyolefin based hot melts and POLYVEST® polybutadiene resins are designed for use in rubber-based sealants.

BOOTH 624 ExxonMobil Chemical Company

Contact: John Schulte Global Marketing Communications 22777 Springwoods Village Parkway Spring, TX 77389 Phone: (281) 870-6000 Fax: (281) 588-4624 Email: John.schulte@exxonmobil.com ExxonMobil Chemical Adhesives Group-we keep it together! Global presence, innovative technology, premier products and knowledgeable service-we keep it all together to help you create products for today and tomorrow. Enhance the value of your premium brand adhesives and sealants with the outstanding performance of products from ExxonMobil Chemical. Visit us at www. escorez.com to learn more.

BOOTH 221 FlackTek Speedmixer, Inc.

Contact: Sharon Gordon, Vice President Address 1708 Hwy 11, Landrum, SC 29356 Phone: 864-895-7441 Fax: 864-895-7442 Email: speedmixer@flacktek.net; sharon@flacktek.net The FlackTek SpeedMixer is an advanced tool for mixing, grinding/milling, and dispersing. This NonInvasive Mixing™ technology removes air bubbles while

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homogenizing the sample in a matter of seconds, and there is ABSOLUTELY NO CLEANUP! The SpeedMixer can be used to process any combination of powders, pastes, putties, and liquids in batches ranging from 1g to 20kg.

Please visit our booth to learn how a SpeedMixer can benefit your R&D, quality control and specialty productions.

BOOTH 500 Fluid-Bag

Contact: Lina-Maria Sandelin Sales Manager-Adhesives, Sealants & Coatings 3463 Millwood Road, Lansing, MI 48906 Phone: 358207790446 Email: lina-maria.sandelin@fluid-bag.com Fluid-Bag manufactures flexible IBCs specializing in the very efficient discharge (99.0% to 99.5%) of high value – high viscosity adhesives, sealants, and coatings. Our customers use Fluid-Bag to replace 55 gal drums and/ or 300 gal rigid containers, which significantly decrease unusable material residue, and protect the product from premature curing during end-customer discharge operations. Specifically, nitrogen blanketing is not needed for moisture cure adhesives and sealants.

BOOTH 612 Galata Chemicals

Contact: Jim Gregg, Global Business Manager 464 Heritage Road Suite A1, Southbury, CT 6488 Phone: (949) 421-8817 Email: jim.gregg@galatachemicals.com For more than four decades, Galata Chemicals has produced FOMREZ® tin catalyst at its manufacturing facilities in Germany and the USA. Our tin catalyst product line is one of the broadest available around the world.

BOOTH 321 ** Gantrade Corporation

Contact: Joanne Gentilesco, Office Manager 210 Summit Avenue, Montvale, NJ 07645 Phone: (201) 476-5256 Fax: (201) 573-8617 Email: jgentilesco@gantrade.com Gantrade is a global and responsive marketer of a broad range of monomers, intermediates and polymers to the Adhesives and Sealant Industry. Our products include acrylic monomers, unique crosslinking chemistries and a wide range of polyols, diols and curative building blocks for polyurethanes. We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with you.

BOOTH 312 Gehring Montgomery Inc. (TER Group)

Contact: Eirini Spilioti, Technical Account Manager 710 Louis Drive, Warminster, PA 18974 Phone: (215) 957-1234 Email: spilioti@gehring-montgomery.com TER Chemicals is a global family-owned chemical distributor, represented in North America by Gehring Montgomery, Inc. (GMI), Trexan Chemicals, and Keim Additec. We represent a range of high-quality products that serve the Adhesive & Sealant market. Our diversified portfolio includes EVA copolymers, tackifier resins, styrenic block copolymers, butyl rubber, PE, PP, FT, micronized and paraffin waxes, waterbased wax additives, polybutenes, antioxidants, gum rosins, dispersants, defoamers and many other additives. Availability issues? Need advice on choosing the right product for your formula? We are here to give you a solution and we look forward to meeting you at our booth!

BOOTH 213 Gelest Inc.

Contact: David Gibala, Global Business Director, CASE 11 East Steel Road, Morrisville, PA 19067 Phone: (215) 337-4133 Email: dgibala@gelest.com Gelest, Inc. is an innovator, manufacturer, and supplier of specialty silicones, organosilanes, surface-treated pigments and metal-organics. Our mission is to help our customers win by assisting them in the development and supply of chemistry to solve their most challenging materials science problems and enable their new product technology. Gelest serves advanced technology and application support for personal care, semiconductors, medical materials, pharmaceutical synthesis, diagnostics and separation science, and specialty polymeric materials.

Gelest expanded its offering of specialty monomers and surfactants with the addition of Bimax to the Gelest Family.

BOOTH 101** Guangzhou Flying Dragon Chemical Ltd. Contact: Fan Cheng, General Manager Room 4006, Unit B, Sinopec Tower, 191# Tiyuxilu Guangchou, Guangdong 510620 China Phone: 862038922082 Fax: 862038922020 Email: chengfan@gzflyingdragon.com Swiss background, Chinese based, Globally sourcing, specialized in Rosin, Rosin Derivatives, Petroleum Resin, SIS, Polyvinyl Alcohol, VAE Emulsion, Vinyl Acetate Monomer, Antioxidants, UV Absorber, etc.

BOOTH 201 S H.B. Fuller

Contact: Kimberlee Sinclair Sr. Director, Global Communications 1200 Willow Lake Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55110 Phone: (651) 236-5900 Email: Kimberlee.sinclair@hbfuller.com H.B. Fuller adhesive and sealant solutions are an integral part of nearly every kind of finished good in the marketplace – from electronics devices and building materials to packaging and filters – and so much more. Stop by our booth to learn more about the connections between our latest innovations and how they help customers deliver the things that matter to people all over the world.

BOOTH 207 H.M. Royal, Inc.

Contact: Joseph Royal, President P.O. Box 28, Trenton, NJ 08601-0028 Phone: (609) 915-2131 Fax: (609) 396-4986 Email: joe_royal@hmroyal.com H.M. Royal, Inc. is a solutions-based materials supplier to adhesive and sealant manufacturers in the United States. As a company with over 90 years of experience in materials distribution, we provide our customers and principals with national coverage by maintaining sales offices and warehouses across the country. H.M. Royal, Inc. offers the high-quality materials that manufacturers need to improve performance, lower costs, and operate more efficiently. We supply a broad range of products for adhesive and sealant applications: C-9 hydrocarbon resins (including modified resins), thixotropes (such as precipitated calcium carbonate, fumed & precipitated silica and aramid fiber), functional additives (such as lightweight polymeric microspheres), elastomers, flame retardants, and mineral fillers.

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BOOTH 426 HallStar

Contact: Damian Marshall Vice President – Commercial Development 120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1620 Chicago, IL 60606 Phone: (312) 554-7416 Fax: (312) 554-7416 Email: dmarshall@hallstar.com Hallstar’s expertise in polymer modification and plasticization, coupled with our application knowledge across a wide range of elastomeric products, is unique in the specialty chemical industry. As thermoplastic compounders find themselves under pressure to innovate, their ability to compete globally depends increasingly on how well they can leverage the technology and aptitude of their supplier partners. Hallstar’s ability to continually invent and formulate with differentiated esters to add functionality—including meeting the challenge of replacing phthalates—is based on years of specialized esterification experience only we can claim. This experience has led to the development of our proprietary molecular design program, the Paraplex Approach. Selecting ester plasticizers can be difficult, but with the Paraplex Approach, our customers can quickly identify unique plasticizer solutions based on tightly defined performance requirements. Taking a collaborative approach to new products and solutions is what Hallstar is all about. Together we can explore new approaches and possibilities and anticipate what it takes to succeed tomorrow, next year and for years to come. We welcome a chance to speak to you about our capabilities. Visit us at Booth 426!

BOOTH 406 Hauschild Speedmixer

Contact: Davide Davi, CEO-Americas 37725 Enterprise Court Farmington Hills, MI 48331 Phone: (877) 773-6937 Email: d.davi@hauschild-speedmixer.com Since 1974, Hauschild SpeedMixer® has been recognized as the undisputed number one choice for laboratories in the adhesive and sealant sector around the world when it comes to mixing. Developed and built in Germany, it has been distributed locally by FlackTek until recently. Designed on a Dual Asymmetric Centrifuge (DAC) principle, its unsurpassed technology allows for extremely fast, bladeless air-bubble-free compounds mixing of materials in any form: liquid, high-viscosity pastes, powders and any combination thereof.

BOOTH 111 Hovus

Contact: Christine Boyle, Sales 272 Brodhead Road Suite 200, Bethlehem, PA 18017 Phone: (610) 997-8800 Fax: (610) 997-0485 Email: cboyle@hovus.com HOVUS is a leading supplier of specialty films to the North American marketplace. Our newest line of metalized laminate films offers excellent oxygen and moisture barrier and is useful in enhancing the shelf life of sealant compounds and glues. Excellent print quality is always available for wholesale or retail packaging needs.

BOOTH 104 Huber Calcium Carbonate

Contact: Chris Graber, Senior Technical Sales Manager 3100 Cumberland Blvd., Suite 600, Atlanta, GA 30339 Phone: (866) 564-8237 Email: hubermaterials@huber.com Huber’s Geotex® and Hubercarb® Ground Calcium Carbonate (GCC) products are used in a variety of adhesives, caulks and sealants applications as a rheology modifier, cost-reducing filler, tensile strength enhancer, toughening agent, opacifier and whitening agent. We offer a variety of particle sizes. For more information, see us in booth 104.

BOOTH 425 & 427 Imerys

Contact: Paul Boudreau, Sales Director 100 Mansell Court East, Suite 300, Roswell, GA 30076 Phone: (770) 645-3738 Email: paul.boudreau@imerys.com The world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry. Imerys delivers high value-added, functional solutions to the adhesives industry. The Group draws on its knowledge of applications, technological expertise and its material science know-how to deliver solutions based on beneficiation of its mineral resources, synthetic minerals and formulations. These contribute essential properties to customers’ products and performance. Imerys is determined to develop responsibly, in particular by fostering the emergence of environmentally-friendly products and processes. For more information: www.imerys.com.

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BOOTH 224 & 226 S Ingevity

Contact: Renita Anderson Global Marketing Director 4920 O’Hear Avenue North Charleston, SC 29405 Phone: 1-84-INGEVITY Email: renita.anderson@ingevity.com Ingevity provides specialty chemicals and highperformance carbon materials and technologies that purify, protect and enhance the world around us. A leading global supplier of bio-based tackifying resins for adhesives, Ingevity additives are commonly used in rigid packaging, hygiene, tapes, labels and construction applications. With the acquisition of Capa™ caprolactone, Ingevity has expanded upon its portfolio of innovative products to include engineered polymers.

Through a team of talented and experienced people, Ingevity provides a reliable supply to adhesives markets worldwide. Headquartered in North Charleston, South Carolina, Ingevity operates from more than 25 locations around the world and employs approximately 1,750 people. For more information visit www.ingevity.com.

BOOTH 300 JPB Industry

Contact: Francois-Xavier De Thezy, CEO 1-3 rue de l’innovation LES ACHARDS, LES ACHARDS 85150 France Phone: 33251215151 Email: sales.assistant@jpbindustry.com JPB INDUSTRY is the World Expert in Systems for packaging PSAs and Tacky Products in pillows: very efficient process (very high OEE), oustanding performances 24/24, excellent reliability, cost savings (only one person to operate the machine, no silicone paper, no rework), very stable process, system commissioned in just two weeks, efficient melting in customers’ melters (no dust, no “jellyfish”). TURNKEY LINES, including integrated Heat Exchanger and Screen Changer.

70 systems operating all around the World (Brazil to Japan), including 10 in Americas. Output from 550 lbs/hr to 5,500 lbs/hr. Pillow from 0.08 lb to 2.2 lbs.

BOOTH 523 & 525 S Kaneka MS Polymer®

Contact: Jeff Gunther Senior Market Development Manager 6161 Underwood Road, Pasadena, TX 77507 Phone: (248) 563-4268 Email: jeff.gunther@kaneka.com KANEKA MS POLYMER® is an isocyanate-free, lowVOC Silyl-Terminated Polyether (STPE) base resin which provides well-balanced properties such as durability, reactivity, and storage stability. With over 40 grades available, Kaneka MS Polymer® is suitable for a variety of requirements.

BOOTH 522 King Industries, Inc.

Contact: Dylan LaFerriere, Technical Sales 1 Science Road, Norwalk, CT 6852 Phone: (203) 866-5551 Email: mktg@kingindustries.com King Industries offers a broad range of high performance catalysts, corrosion inhibitors, rheology modifiers, resin modifiers and surface control additives. King has the technical service and knowledge to assist you in the development of specific requirements for your particular formulations.

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BOOTH 205** Kowa American Corporation

Contact: Yuta Ogawa, Sales 55 East 59th Street, 19A Floor New York, NY 10022 Phone: (917) 443-5630 Email: yuta@kowa.com Kowa American supplies Acrylate & Acrylamide monomers for UV-cured adhesives, Methacrylate monomers for anaerobic adhesives, HDI and Polycarbonate polyols for urethane adhesives, & many specialty raw material products. Introducing Actflow, a functionalized low-MW acrylic polymer liquid resin, used for adhesives, sealants, & coatings. Actflow NE-4003 is a moisture-curable, dimethoxy-silane functionalized acrylic resin designed to improve weatherability as a copolymer or replacement of MS polymers while reducing plasticizers and UV stabilizers.

Actflow NE-a20 is trimethoxy-silane functionalized, and designed to eliminate tin catalyst.

BOOTH 413 & 415 RS Kraton Corporation

Contact: Karla Wilzer Marketing Manager-Adhesives 9000 Southside Blvd, Bldg 100 Jacksonville, FL 32256 Phone: 1-800-4-Kraton Email: karla.wilzer@kraton.com Kraton is a leading global producer of specialty polymers and high-value performance products derived from renewable resources designed to deliver exceptional value and enhance people’s lives worldwide. Our broad portfolio of pine-based specialty products and polymers enable our customers to develop sustainable, highperformance adhesives for demanding applications such as tapes, labels, hygiene, and sealants.

BOOTH 330 & 331 Kuraray America, Inc.

Contact: Erich Klein, Septon Sales & Marketing 2625 Bay Area Boulevard, Suite 600 Houston, TX 77058 Phone: (800) 423-9762 Email: erich.klein@kuraray.com Kuraray is a world leader in specialty chemicals and functional materials; and is committed to our customers and driven to develop products that ensure quality, and value while differentiating our customer from competition.

Kuraray has offices located around the world, with the corporate headquarters located in Tokyo, Japan.

BOOTH 509 & 511 S L&L Products, Inc.

Contact: Kristi Hanson, Marketing Specialist 160 McLean Drive, Romeo, MI 48065 Phone: (586) 336-1700 Email: info.america@llproducts.com Working together with our customers for 60 years, we provide tailored solutions for challenges in sealing, acoustics, bonding, thermal- and vibration management, reinforcement, and manufacturing process optimization.

BOOTH 516 S LANXESS (Urethane Systems)

Contact: Dan Howland, CAS Account Manager North America, Urethane Systems 2 Armstrong Road, Shelton, CT 6484 Phone: (603) 268-1226 Email: donald.howland@lanxess.com

LANXESS Urethanes Systems is a leading supplier of customized polyurethane solutions for the casting, coating and adhesive & sealant industries. Our focus lies on: low diisocyanate monomer prepolymer systems (Adiprene® LF); waterborne Witcobond® PU dispersions (PUD); and Trixene® blocked crosslinkers for coatings and adhesion promotion.

BOOTH 518 S LANXESS (Polymer Additives)

Contact: Glen Bowen Head of Sales, North America, Polymer Additives Division 111 RIDC Parkwest Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275 Phone: (716) 983-4507 Email: glen.bowen@lanxess.com LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company offering tailored solutions for leading-edge adhesives and sealants, including polymer additives, urethane systems, biocides, and intermediates. Our application experts and innovative chemistries enhance performance characteristics, preservation, HS&E profile, ease of use, and manufacturing efficiency/economy, as well as providing opportunities to reduce expensive copolymer levels. In 2021, LANXESS completed the acquisition of Emerald Kalama Chemical and expanded its portfolio of plasticizers, modifiers, and benzoates.

BOOTH 510 Lawter, Inc.

Contact: Patrick Michaelson Dispersions Manager, N.A. 200 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2600 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: (312) 720-5555 Email: patrick.michaelson@lawter.com Lawter, part of Harima Chemicals, Inc., is a company strong in pine chemicals and built on products developed using pine chemical resources. Lawter serves the graphic arts, adhesives, specialty coatings, aroma chemicals and the synthetic rubber industries.

To optimize the performance of your adhesives, Lawter offers a complete range of natural tackifier resins and tackifier dispersions. A major part of our raw materials are derived from renewable sources such as rosin tapped from pine trees and derived via the pulp making process for the paper industry. Environmental sustainability is a key benefit of Lawter’s products - but it’s just the beginning. Our tackifier resins, ideal for hot melt adhesives and road marking applications, are light-colored, stable, and compatible with a wide range of polymers. Our waterborne tackifier dispersions provide excellent stability and cohesive strength for a variety of pressure-sensitive and nonpressure-sensitive adhesives. New from Lawter, FH 95G, a fully hydrogenated wood rosin dispersion based on our patented G stabilization technology.

BOOTH 412** Lintech International LLC

Contact: Randy Waldman, Vice President 7705 NE Industrial Boulevard, Macon, GA 31216 Phone: (770) 335-6901 Email: randy.waldman@lintechinternational.com Lintech is a leading specialty chemical distributor that has serviced the adhesives industry for over 35 years with a complete line of resins, monomers, crosslinkers, pigments, additives and minerals. Headquartered in Georgia, Lintech services nationwide customers from 13 regional warehouses. Lintech is ISO 9001:2015, C-TPAT, and NACD Responsible Distribution certified.

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BOOTH 212** Longyan Shenghe Trading Co., Ltd.

Contact: Jingchun Jiang, Director 2103 Bldg J#, Youth Venture Building, 53 Hua Lian Rd, Xinluo Dist, Longyan City/Fujian, 364000 China Phone: (619) 609-3350 Fax: 865972200392 Email: jingchun_jiang@163.com Silica for Adhesive & Sealants! Longyan Shenghe founded in 2010, specialized on the silica business over 10 years. We got the FAMIQS certificate for the silica, the business cover many countries and many fields, from rubber grade, animal feed grade, now expanding to Adhesive & Sealant, Matting Agent, Defoam Industries, Battery seperators... In the adhesives and sealants industry, fumed silica is used to increase the product viscosity, improve anti-settling properties during storage, control the extrusion properties during application and impart anti-sag properties during cure. The additive can also act as a reinforcing agent to improve the physical properties, especially tear strength, of the cured sealant. We are looking forward to cooperating with the distributors.

OEM are acceptable!

BOOTH 203 MAAG Group

Contact: Mike Diletti Vice President, Sales & Marketing 1555 Senoia Road, Tyrone, GA 30290 Phone: (770) 314-8968

Email: mike.diletti@maag.com Gala Pelletizing Systems for HMA production are designed for pellet rates up to 4,550 kg/h. A typical system will include vessel, booster pump, melt pump, screen changer, melt cooler, hot oil system, and a Gala pelletizing system with controls. Maag Gala, Inc. is a member of Maag Group, a Dover Company.

BOOTH 307 medmix

Contact: Steve Duren, Executive Vice President Minnetonka, MN 55391 Phone: (425) 999-2089 Email: sduren@matrixadhesives.com Matrix Adhesives Group is a leading adhesive and sealant solutions development partner. We specialize in formulating, filling, blending, and contract packaging for consumer and industrial markets. We are your full-service adhesive solutions provider who can manage all phases of production from handling raw materials all the way through to packaging and blind-shipment of goods.

Contact: Kari Holcomb Sales & Marketing Manager 8 Willow Street, Salem, NH 3079 Phone: (800) 822-8114 x210 Email: Kari.Holcomb@medmix.com medmix is a technology-based company focused on developing innovative products that provide world-class metering, mixing and dispensing for two-component adhesives, sealants and coatings. With world-wide production, we are able to provide products for our customers on every continent for the markets they serve.

We have one of the broadest, deepest product offerings for the Industrial, Construction, Automotive and Protective Coatings markets. Our products include: Dual syringes, cartridges, static mixers, hand-held manual, pneumatic and battery operated single & dual component dispensers, pneumatic spray dispensers, machine mixers for meter-mix equipment, and static spray mixers.

Our brands include: MixPac™, COX™, QUADRO™, Statomix™, MK™ and MixCoat™.

BOOTH 316 Mayzo Inc.

BOOTH 424 Milin Environmental

BOOTH 223 ** Matrix Adhesives Group

Contact: Ken Olender, Global Business Manager 3935 Lakefield Court, Suwanee, GA 30024 Phone: (770) 380-9486 Email: kolender@mayzo.com Additives, UV stabilizers, release coats, & optical brighteners. Custom formulations and packaging available.

Contact: Cindy Spencer, Administrator P.O. Box 116, 138 First Avenue Simcoe, Ontario, Ontario N3Y 4P6 Canada Phone: (519) 426-0110 Fax: (519) 426-0230 Email: cspencer@milincorp.com

Gum Rosins, Modified Gum Rosins, Hydrocarbon Resins, Resin Esters, Fillers & Additives for your Adhesive Applications

Come see us at the World Adhesive Conference April 25-27, 2022 in Chicago!

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For over 25 years, Milin Environmental has been actively engaged with companies in the rubber industry in North America, providing them with high quality reclaim materials, backed by outstanding service & support.

BOOTH 411 Momentive Performance Materials

Contact: Ning Lu, AMR Marketing Manager, CAS 760 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 Phone: (914) 216-1352 Email: ning.lu@momentive.com Momentive Performance Materials, a leading global manufacturer of hybrid prepolymer resins and adhesion promoters for A&S applications, will present their newest SPUR™+ prepolymers and Silquest™ A-Link silanes that help customers to deliver highly innovative and sustainable solutions to the building and construction, transportation and roofing industries.

BOOTH 410 MUNZING

Contact: Dan Dimler, Regional Sales Manager 1455 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 7003 Phone: (262) 498-1933 Email: ddimler@Munzing.US MUNZING is a premier supplier of additives to the adhesives industry with a product line that includes defoamers, rheology modifiers, polymeric dispersants, wetting and leveling agents, air release agents and emulsifiers. Our DEE FO® and AGITAN® defoamers deliver breakthrough technologies created specifically for superior defoaming in the resins, including EVA, PVA, acrylics, acrylic copolymers and VAE.

BOOTH 600 MXD Process

Contact: Tim Gunn, Business Development Manager 4650 New Middle Road, Jeffersonville, IN 47130 Phone: (502) 795-4468 Email: tim.gunn@mxdprocess.com Comprehensive manufacturer and supplier of innovative industrial process equipment for coatings, paints, chemicals, sealants, and adhesives including mixers, stainless steel tanks, controls, and systems.

BOOTH 420** nanoGriptech, Inc.

Contact: Shree Deshpande, Marketing 91 43rd St., Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15201 Phone: (636) 448-9484 Email: shreevdeshpande@gmail.com nanoGriptech, Inc (Pittsburgh, PA) is the inventor and manufacturer of the micro-fibrillar based polymer dry adhesives, gripping materials, and fasteners brand Setex®, a technology inspired by the microscopic hairs of a gecko’s foot (setae). Setex Gecko Tape™ Dry Adhesive, is a residue-free dry adhesive tape that bonds to clean, smooth, hard surfaces; and can provide thousands of repetitive peel and adhesion cycles.

Setex Ultra-Thin Fastener™ is a two-sided fastening system, analogous to hook and loop fasteners, but unlike conventional hook and loop fastener has thin profile, is flexible, and can be hermetically sealed.

Setex Gecko Grip® increases the grip to skin three fold, in wet and oily conditions but is not tacky. This is a platform technology with a wide range of applications in the semiconductor, robotics, glass/optics handling, wearables, sporting goods, apparel, automotive, medical, and packaging industries.

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BOOTH 616 Natureworks LLC

Contact: Dan Sawyer, Sales Director, Americas 17400 Medina Road, Suite 800 Plymouth, MN 55447 Phone: (952) 562-3320 Email: dan_sawyer@natureworksllc.com NatureWorks is a world-leading biopolymers supplier and innovator with its Ingeo portfolio of naturally advanced materials made from renewable, abundant feedstocks with performance and economics that compete with oil-based intermediates, plastics, and fibers.

These materials also provide brand owners new cradleto-cradle options after the use of their products.

BOOTH 503** Netzsch Instruments North America LLC

Contact: Anthony Maletta, Marketing Manager 129 Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington, MA 1803 Phone: (781) 272-5353 Email: NIB_Sales@netzsch.com Your adhesives STICK with NETZSCH. NETZSCH Instruments North America, LLC offers a complete high-precision instrument line for Thermal Analysis, Rheology, Calorimetry and Thermophysical Properties measurements, as well as offering world class commercial testing services in our laboratory.

BOOTH 414 Newborn Brothers Co., Inc.

Contact: Cody Vranas, Industrial Sales Manager 7222 Parkway Drive, Suite A, Hanover, MD 21076 Phone: (240) 294-3909 Email: cody@newborncaulkguns.com Newborn has been providing quality sealant and adhesive dispensers and accessories since 1974.

Our mission is simple: To provide innovative products engineered to last and that make dispensing and applying sealants and adhesives easier. We accomplish our mission by continuously listening to the feedback of everyone including end-users, distributors and manufacturers in multiple industries such as waterproofing, restoration, concrete repair, painting, glazing, automotive, aerospace, military, solid surface, fire stopping, DIY... the list goes on. It is our desire to solve any issues, seen or unseen, based on this feedback as well as our expertise and knowledge, to be the leader in innovation and improvements to dispensing technology and to provide only the best quality that will guarantee to keep you at the forefront of your respective industry.

BOOTH 204 Omya

Contact: Mark Harrington, Director of Sales 9987 Carver Rd. Suite 300, Cincinnati, OH 45242 Phone: (513) 387-4600 Email: mark.harrington@omya.com Omya is more.....excellence in speciality chemical distribution and industrial minerals. Omya is one of the world’s leading producers of calcium carbonate based functional fillers and speciality chemicals distributor for adhesives and sealants. Omya products help to improve performance and formulate more cost effective products.

They also contribute to providing a more sustainable solution. Stop by booth 204 or visit our website at www. omya-na.com.

BOOTH 526 Palmer Holland, Inc.

Contact: Eugene Bae International Business Development Manager 25000 Country Club Blvd., Ste. 444, Olmsted, OH 44070 Phone: (440) 686-2300 Fax: (440) 686-2180 Email: ebae@palmerholland.com Established in 1925 as Palmer Supplies Company, today Palmer Holland is an employee-owned, North American specialty chemical and ingredient distributor of raw materials headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with 40+ account managers and ingredient consultants stationed across the United States. We’re more than just a sales organization; we are your all-in-one, combination sales, marketing, and market intelligence partner. Our sales team, driven by market vertical business team leadership, uses in-depth market analysis to help customers and principals make more efficient use of their internal resources. We bring unparalleled industry knowledge right to where it counts – your reputation, and your bottom line.

BOOTH 504** Polimeros Sinteticos SA de CV

Contact: Alberto Idi Bazbaz, Export Sales Guillermo Barroso No. 4 Thainepantia, Estado de, Mexico 54080 Mexico Phone: 525580972251 Email: alberto.idi@polimerossinteticos.com.mx Polímeros Sintéticos is a Mexican company with more than 55 years manufacturing high quality resins.

Specialized in the manufacture of Gum Rosin-based products for more than 20 years in the US market, we attend markets such as Hot Melt and Pressure Sensitive Adhesives. We focus on becoming business partners of our customers by offering solutions and developing tailored-made products.

Booth 517 Premier Building Solutions

Contact: Kelly Mullen, Marketing Manager 480 Nova Drive SE, Massillon, Ohio 44646 Phone: 330-244-2907 Fax: 330-244-9423 Email: Kelly.Mullen@quikrete.net Premier Building Solutions manufactures over 40 individual and unique products ranging from simple latex sealants to ultra-modern hybrid polyurethane sealant adhesives to expanding foam sealants.

BOOTH 209 Primient (formerly Tate & Lyle)

Contact: Steve McKenzie, Director, National Accounts 2200 E. Eldorado Street, Decatur, IL 62521 Phone: (630) 730-2080 Email: steve.mckenzie@primient.com Primient (formerly Tate & Lyle) has been serving the Adhesives Industry as a supplier of dent and waxy corn starches, dextrins, and water-soluble polymers for use in water-based formulas for many years. We offer a full range of unmodified, modified and ethylated starches, dextrins, and water-soluble polymers.

BOOTH 401 ProSys Servo Filling Systems

Contact: Matthew Rigsby, Marketing Manager 422 East Fountain Road, Webb City, MO 64870 Phone: (417) 673-5551

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Fax: (417) 673-7971 Email: info@prosysfill.com ProSys is a premier manufacturer of manual, semiautomatic and fully automatic equipment for filling Cartridges, Squeeze Tubes, Syringes and Custom containers for the Adhesive, Sealant, Chemical, Cosmetic, and Pharmaceutical Industries. We are a global supplier of filling equipment with U.S. sales, manufacturing and customer service facilities located in Southwest Missouri.

R.E. Carroll, Inc. is a 97 year old specialty chemical & petroleum products distributor based in Ewing Township, N.J. We provide the Adhesives & Sealants industry with high quality raw materials including gum rosins, hydrocarbon resins, rosin esters, process oils and additives from our five warehouses in NJ, GA, OH, TX.

BOOTH 206** Rain Carbon Germany GmbH

Contact: Donald Macnamara, General Manager 1703 Pineview Street SE, Conover, NC 28613 Phone: (828) 468-2600 Email: dmacnamara@psi-polymersystems.com Headquartered in Conover, NC, PSI-Polymer Systems, Inc. is a leading global supplier of technology-driven, high-performance gear pumps, screen changers, die changers, diverters, custom auxiliaries, and rebuilds for the adhesive, chemical, and polymer processing industries. PSI’s quick-response approach is structured to help processors find efficient, cost-effective solutions to extrusion process problems.

Contact: Stefan Knau, Head of Resins & Modifiers Varziner Str. 9, Duisburg, Duisburg 47138 Germany Phone: 49203429602 Fax: 4.9203429676e+11 Email: stefan.knau@raincarbon.com Rain Carbon established a new line of high-quality fully hydrogenated NOVARES® pure “water-white” resins.

A newly build world-scale hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins production facility in the heart of Europe ensures highest quality and availability to the adhesive market. The company’s developed NOVARES® pure “water-white” resins include two lines of low-polar aliphatic resins based on hydrogenated C9 or DCPD polymers. Both product lines are broadly compatible for existing and new solutions in adhesive formulations.

BOOTH 507 R. E. Carroll, Inc.

BOOTH 614 ** Renkert Oil

BOOTH 604 PSI-Polymer Systems Inc.

Contact: Robert Carroll, President 1570 North Olden Avenue, Ewing, NJ 8638 Phone: (609) 695-6211 Fax: (609) 695-0102 Email: robert@recarroll.com

Contact: Stacy Esco, Account Manager 102 Sunridge Cove, Brandon, MS 39047 Phone: (610) 422-3567 Email: sesco@renkertoil.com Renkert Oil bridges the gap between major refiners and

small to large customers with the end users’ needs in mind.

With decades of hard-won technical expertise, our team quickly identifies technically, logistically and economically aligned products to meet your requirements.

BOOTH 217** Revelli Chemicals

Contact: John Revelli, Vice President 35 Mason Street, Greenwich, CT 6830 Phone: (203) 661-4040 Email: john@revellichemicals.com Revelli Chemicals is a distributor of resins and pigments.

Featured products include Hydrocarbon Resins, Titanium Dioxide, Zinc Oxide and Fumed Silica. Products are stocked across the USA and also in Canada.

BOOTH 227 REXtac Polymers and Adhesives

Contact: Scot Wakefield Director, Sales & Marketing PO Box 4148, Odessa, TX 79760 Phone: (432) 332-0058 Email: scotw@rextac.com REXtac is a global supplier of Amorphous Poly Alpha Olefin polymers and adhesives. REXtac APAOs are used in the hygiene, automotive, product assembly, packaging, sealant, battery, wire and cable, and modified bitumen markets. Beginning January of 2023, REXtac will become the only APAO producer with two manufacturing locations with the start up our JV operation at the DL Chemical industrial complex in Yeosu, South Korea.

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BOOTH 309 Rianlon Americas, Inc.

Contact: Henry Yao, Account Manager 2141 Richmond Road, Staten Island, NY 10306 Phone: (718) 667-4193 Fax: (718) 667-4195 Email: RCA@rianlon.com Rianlon is a global leading supplier of anti-aging products and solutions for the adhesive and sealant industry, with product portfolio of antioxidants, light stabilizers and U-pack.

BOOTH 418 Risun Polymer China Co., Ltd.

Contact: Sean Gu International Business Unit General Manager No. 9 Zhangzhi Road, Yanhua New Material Industrial Zone, Huai’an City, Jiangsu 210036 China Phone: 008613770998448 Fax: 00862586229083 Email: sean@risunpolymer.com Risun Polymer International Co., Ltd. manufacture new generation Silane Terminated Polymer (STP, also known as SMP) which combine favorable features of PU and silicon for sealants & adhesives manufacturers who wish to make safer and better quality silane crosslinked products. The elimination of free NCO, residual TDI and MDI monomer is essential if we are to protect customers from these hazardous chemicals. Our technical team has extensive R&D background in polymer and sealants & adhesives. As the leading manufacturer in China, Risun Polymer can provide you the total solution with competitive price and excellent service. If you have any interests in our hybrid polymer, please meet us at our table for further communication.

BOOTH 219 Sasol Performance Chemicals

Contact: Robert Dixon, Sales Manager 12120 Wickchester Lane, Houston, TX 77079 Phone: (832) 920-8389 Email: bob.dixon@us.sasol.com Sasol Performance Chemicals offer a broad range of specialty chemicals and additives for the adhesive and coatings markets. Our tailored FT waxes are approved for food contact and optimize modern hot melt adhesive properties for packaging and non-woven applications.

Sasol surfactants, alcohols and other additives provide high performance wetting, rheology modification, foam control, and emulsification (including emulsion polymerization). Solvents and Acrylic Monomers are used as building blocks for a broad range of adhesives and coatings.

BOOTH 222** SCG Chemicals Company

Contact: Laetitia Dumora, Marketing 1 Slam Cement Road Bangsue, Bangkok, Thailand Phone: 41788830220 Email: Laetitia.dumora@scg.com SCG Chemicals is one of the largest petrochemical companies in South-East Asia. While the core business is in polyolefins resins and waxes, the company offers as well specialty functional nano-additives under CIERRA™ brand. Flame retardancy, moisture barrier, corrosion resistance, CO2 capture, … are examples of the properties under development.

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BOOTH 215 SI Group

BOOTH 311** Shell MDS (Middle Distillates Synthesis)

BOOTH 304 Soudal Accumetric

Contact: Tim Bedell Sales Development Manager-Functional Polymers 4280 Hudson Drive, Stow, OH 44224 Phone: (330) 920-4410 Email: na-info@scottbader.com Scott Bader manufactures a wide range of acrylic, polyester, and urethane acrylate polymers. From waterborne binders and rheology modifiers to formulated structural adhesives and bonding pastes, Scott Bader has a solution for your formulating and application needs. As a specialist manufacturer, let us tailor a solution for you.

Contact: Shawn Holloway, Product Manager, GTL Wax (Americas & European Markets) 150 North Dairy Ashford Road, Houston, TX 77079 Phone: (281) 460-9528 Email: shawn.holloway@shell.com Shell MDS waxes, under the brand name Shell GTL Sarawax, are specialty waxes produced with high linearity and narrow carbon number distribution, resulting in products suitable for a range of applications ranging from hot melt adhesives, PVC lubricants, printing inks, rubber and tyre to candles, personal care and packaging material. In the hot melt adhesives, our waxes reduces viscosity to ensure efficient mixing, regulates open and set times, and reduces surface tackiness for better transport and storage stability.

BOOTH 210 Shiraishi Kogyo Kaisha, Ltd.

Contact: Kazuya Ito, President 41 South High Street, Suite 2800 Columbus, OH 49215 Phone: 01181668823615 Email: ito@shiraishi.co.jp Shiraishi Kogyo is a specialty manufacturer of ultrafine precipitated calcium carbonate in a various applications and markets. Our innovative products VISCOLITE line provide enhanced performance to adhesives & sealants.

Shiraishi has much experience and responds to customers’ requirements.

BOOTH 416 Showa Denko America

Contact: Karolina Mera, Sales & Marketing Director 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2235A, New York, NY 10170 Phone: (212) 370-0033 Fax: (212) 370-4566 Email: mera.karolina@showadenko.com Showa Denko manufactures polychloroprene dry and latex forms in Japan under the trade name SHOWA DENKO CHLOROPRENE. We are continuously developing new grades to support the diverse needs of the adhesive industry. Whether your company is looking for a single solution to a challenge, we can help you achieve your goal with our customizable advanced chemistry, unique application insights and R&D support. Together, we can address your specific requirements in water-based adhesive, dipped goods, construction, coating and industrial applications. We have a strong logistics and warehouse network in the USA to service all your needs.

Contact: Michael McMahon Senior Key Account Manager 2750 Balltown Road, Schenectady, NY 12309 Phone: (832) 312-2402 Email: michael.mcmahon@siigroup.com SI Group is a global leader in the innovative technology of performance additives, process solutions, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and chemical intermediates. Our solutions are essential to enhancing the quality and performance of countless industrial and consumer goods within the plastics, rubber & adhesives, fuels & lubricants, oilfield, pharmaceutical industries.

Contact: Greg Rokoff Vice President, Sales & Marketing 350 Ring Road, Elizabethtown, KY 42701 Phone: (614) 282-6009 Fax: (270) 765-2412 Email: Greg.Rokoff@soudal.com Soudal markets an extensive line of sealants, adhesives and foam products under the BOSS label serving many industrial markets. We manufacture neutral cure silicone sealants, Firestop caulks, silicone compounds, latex, hybrid sealants and foams. In addition, we custom/contract package one and two component adhesives, sealants, and other chemicals.

BOOTH 408 Specialty Minerals Inc.

Contact: Tim South, Sales Manager 35 Highland Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18042 Phone: (800) 801-1031 Email: SMIsales@mineralstech.com Specialty Minerals is a leading manufacturer of minerals additives such as calcium carbonate, talc, limestone and dolomite used in applications for sealant, automotive, construction and adhesive. We provide mineral additives for rheological control of high performance Automotive and Construction Sealants. Our ultrafine surface treated precipitated calcium carbonates; ULTRA-PFLEX®, THIXO-CARB® and CALOFORT®, are engineered for sag resistance and viscosity control. Our mineral additives provide cost effective solutions for automotive (underbody, seams, joints) and construction (insulated glass, glazing) sealants with PVC plastisol, polyurethane, silicone, polysulfide, MS polymer and other resin chemistries.

BOOTH 313 Specialty Polymers

Contact: Ben Estill, Marketing 2765 National Way, Woodburn, OR 97071 Phone: (503) 9828563 Email: bestill@specpoly.com Specialty Polymers is a dynamic, privately held manufacturer of water-based polymers, including high performance adhesive polymers. Our products are designed to meet the most demanding needs from customers around the world, and our employees are committed to providing the best customer and technical service in the industry.

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BOOTH 515 ** Springfield Industries

Contact: Rick Tanis, Director 609 Folk Court, Imlay City, MI 48444 Phone: (810) 721-2800 Email: rtanis@springfieldind.com Founded in 1999, Springfield Industries is an adhesive and adhesive ingredient developer and manufacturer.

We specialize in reactions (often high viscosity liquid or solid), masterbatches and compounding. Springfield is an experienced toll and private label manufacturer.

Springfield is adept at handling complex reactions and processes with high quality and efficiency.

BOOTH 225 RS STI Polymer

Contact: Laura Cansler Director of Sales and Marketing 5618 Clyde Rhyne Drive, Sanford, NC 27330 Phone: (919) 777-5995 Email: lcansler@stipolymer.com Saiden Technologies is now STI Polymer and while our name has changed the quality of our products have not. Our familiar Saitack line of pressure sensitive acrylic polymers, covering a range of applications from construction adhesives to tape and label adhesives will continue to be manufactured to the highest standards in our Sanford, NC polymerization facility for demanding applications throughout the Americas.

BOOTH 602 ** Tiarco-RST

Contact: Shane Day, Global Sales Director 1010 Vista Drive, Dalton, GA 30721 Phone: (706) 529-0515 Fax: (706) 259-4191 Email: sday@tiarco-rst.com Tiarco-RST is a leading, global supplier to the adhesives industry, focusing on perfecting adhesives, sealants, and other specialty chemicals to help improve products and lives. Our commitment to innovation brings together people, products, and processes that answer and solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.

BOOTH 519 S TIB Chemicals Corporation Contact: Timothy McKinney, President 118 Vintage Park Boulevard, #220

Houston, TX 77070 Phone: (713) 805-8426 Email: tim.mckinney@tib-chemicals.com TIB Chemicals is the leader in curing catalysts for Adhesives and Sealants. Our offering includes, but is not limited to, products free of the Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and Reproductive Toxin labels. This opens up unlimited global possibilities for our customers when it comes to meeting stringent regulatory requirements without sacrificing performance.

BOOTH 501 Trecora Chemical

Contact: Marcello Villahoz, Senior Director 12500 Bay Area Blvd., Pasadena, TX 77507 Phone: (832) 985-3435 Email: mvillahoz@trecchem.com TRECORA CHEMICAL, Inc. is a subsidiary of Trecora Resources Inc. (NYSE: TREC), a Texas corporation, located

BOOTH 305 Synthomer, LLC

Contact: Graeme Roan Global Marketing Manager-Adhesives 25435 Harvard Road, Beachwood, OH 44122 Phone: (864) 398-7260 Email: graeme.roan@synthomer.com Synthomer develops and markets polymers used in a wide range of industries to create and enhance everyday consumer products. Whether you’re reading a book, opening a pack of breakfast cereals, painting your kitchen, labeling an envelope, laying a carpet, tiling a bathroom or simply driving the car, you could be using a product that has been improved by our scientists.

We have a proven record to generate added value to our customers through in-depth application know-how and strong R&D support. We deliver the right formula, globally, individually.

BOOTH 431 S Teckrez, Inc.

Contact: Kim Meidl, Director-Resins 4209 Baymeadows Road, Suite 3 Jacksonville, FL 32217 Phone: (904) 215-7885 Email: kmeidl@teckrez.com Teckrez Inc., a leader in tackifier resins and specialty monomers. The broadest range of tackifiers in North America for Adhesives and Sealants including rosin esters, specialty rosin tackifiers and the full range of hydrocarbons (including hydrogenated C9, C5 and DCPD resins). Partnerships with leading global producers (e.g., Henghe) along with excellent local service, expertise and testing provide the best customer solutions. Our specialty monomers feature acrylates and methacrylates in a range of packaging options. Let Teckrez improve your product performance and sourcing options.

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in Pasadena, Texas which produces specialty polyethylene and poly alpha olefin waxes and provides custom processing services. The specialty polyethylene waxes are used in markets such as: HOT MELT ADHESIVES, Paints, Coatings and inks, PVC Internal and External Lubricants for Pipes, Fittings, Construction, One Pack, Masterbatch.

The highly specialized synthetic poly alpha olefin waxes are used in applications such as toner in printers and as additives for candles providing rigidity and retention of fragrances. These waxes are sold in solid form as pastilles or, for large companies, in bulk liquid form.

BOOTH 310** Trexan Chemicals, Inc.

Contact: Robert Bachert, National Sales Director 710 Louis Drive, Warminster, PA 18794 Phone: (847) 548-2050 Email: r.bachert@trexanchemicals.com Trexan Chemicals is part of the global, familyowned chemical distributor, TER Group. Our product portfolio for North America includes a range of high quality raw materials for Adhesive and Sealant applications including hydrocarbon tackifiers, ethylene copolymers, styrenic block copolymers, butyl & halobutyl rubber, and anti-oxidants. Our TER affiliates in the region, Gehring Montgomery, Inc. and Keim Additec, offer a broad family of products which compliment the HMA products from Trexan.

Please stop by our booth to discuss your applications and product needs with our experts.

BOOTH 403 & 405 TRINTERNATIONAL, INC.

Contact: Jennifer Calvery Director, Marketing & Business Development 22817 102nd Place West, Edmonds, WA 98020 Phone: 206-505-3500 Email: jennifer.calvery@trichemicals.com TRINTERNATIONAL, INC. is a women-owned, full-line chemical distributor with SBA WOSB, WBENC, & NGLCC certifications. Our team brings quality product alternatives, extensive product knowledge, and industry experience with attention to personal customer service.

We take the time to recognize your needs, understand your business, and solve your sourcing challenges.

BOOTH 402 & 404 TSRC Specialty Materials, LLC

Contact: Keith Bernard, Marketing 12012 Wickchester Lane, Houston, TX 77079 Phone: (281) 754-5800 Fax: (281) 754-5801 Email: keith.bernard@tsrc-global.com TSRC Specialty Materials LLC is the new name for Dexco Polymers LP. A leader in Styrenic Block Copolymers [SBC] since 1988, we supply Prime Grade SBS, SEBS & SIS block copolymers to Adhesive formulators. In the Americas we are headquartered in Houston, TX with a new Technical Center in Katy, TX. Our SBC products are sold under VECTOR® & TAIPOL® trade names. These polymers are made in the USA (Louisiana), China (Nantong) & Taiwan (Kaohsiung). Linear pure triblock & radial pure tri-block/ di-block elastomers help formulators market adhesives customers want to use. TAIPOL & VECTOR SBC’s offer performance, quality, reliability & economy. Stop by booth (#501) to discuss how we can make a difference in your adhesives. Visit us on the web at www.tsrc.com.

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tw for learn more about our SBC & rubber polymers, technical service & commercial support capabilities.

BOOTH 400 Uniquechem Solutions Inc.

Contact: Jamie Canfield, Director 120 Traders Blvd. E., Suite 208 Mississauga, Ontario, L4Z 2H7 Canada Phone: (905) 536-6211 Email: jsc@uniquechemsolutions.com A specialty chemical distribution company working with customers across North America. Our raw material product offering includes UNISIL - Siloxanes (PDMS, OH Polymers), UNISIL - Silanes, UNISIL STP Silane Terminated Polyethers (STPE/SPURS), UNISIL FS - Fumed Silica, UNISURF PPG series, UNICAT - Catalyst and UNIPLAST - Plasticizers.

BOOTH 107 UniSource-Energy, LLC

Contact: Lasha Ross, Technical Marketing Representative 40 Shuman Boulevard, Suite 290, Naperville, IL 60563 Phone: (630) 470-6030 Email: Laross@unisource-energy.com UniSource-Energy, LLC is a world-wide marketer of Specialty Petroleum Products that has operated for over 30 years. Our company has technical experience working for major oil companies in areas ranging from technical sales to refining and production. We provide our expertise to help clients navigate the specialty petroleum market and provide technical and logistical services and solutions to meet our clients’ needs. www.unisource-energy.com

BOOTH 306 United Performance Materials Corporation

Contact: Kyle Yang, Sales 13F-5 No. 206, Sec. 2, Taipei, Taipei 10485 Taiwan Phone: 886225072387 Email: kyle@fucc.com.tw United Performance Materials Corp, located in Taiwan, is a manufacturer of C9 aromatic resin (SUN-TACK) and Hydrogenated C9 hydrocarbon Resin (FUCLEAR). We are devoted to supply reliable, high performance & quality products. We strive for innovation, quality improvement to increase our and our customers’ competitiveness.

BOOTH 323 Vinavil

Contact: Jeremy Mitchell, Marketing Resource Manager 1144 E. Newport Center Drive, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 Phone: (954) 246-8610 Email: jmitchell@mapei.com VINAVIL Americas, headquartered in Milan, is a specialty polymers manufacturing company with two manufacturing plants in North America. VINAVIL has more than 60 years of experience in the research and development of polymers used in the Adhesives, Sealants, Paints, Coatings, Textiles, and Food industries. Spending 6% of its revenues on R & D, VINAVIL focuses on continuous improvement of existing polymers and development of new polymers for environmentally friendly, low-VOC products. For your specialty coating needs, contact VINAVIL - your partner in Polymers. Visit www.vinavil.com for more information.

BOOTH 216 & 218 S Wacker

Contact: Benjamin Creech, Marketing Manager 3301 Sutton Road, Adrian, MI 49221 Phone: (517) 264-8136 Email: Benjamin.creech@wacker.com WACKER Adhesive and Sealant Solutions support multiple construction applications in the categories of walls, flooring, façades, roofing, concrete & masonry, window & door, and waterproofing. For Compounders, WACKER’s adhesive and sealant raw materials selection is basic in three polymer technology platforms: GENIOSIL® Silane Modified Polymers; Silicone Polymers and Plasticizers; VINNAPAS® and VINNOL® - Vinyl acetate ethylene copolymer dispersions and ethylene vinyl chloride copolymers. For Repackers WACKER’s extensive ELASTOSIL® silicone RTV-1 product portfolio offers a broad range of off-the-shelf solutions. WACKER is committed to providing technical expertise and customer service matched to your particular application, need or industry. WACKER is represented in the Americas by Wacker Chemical Corporation, Adrian, MI USA. Contact our Information Services Manager: Wacker Chemical Corporation, Info.usa@wacker.com, 888-922-5374.

BOOTH 506** Wanhua Chemical

Contact: Lin Luo, Chemist 2319 Timberloch Pl. Suite I, The Woodlands, TX 77380 Phone: (678) 780-8299 Email: lin.luo@us.whchem.com Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd. is among the global leading suppliers of chemical innovative products.

Relying on the continuous innovation, commercialized facilities and efficient operation, the company provides customers with more competitive products and solutions.

Our business covers polyurethanes, petrochemicals, performance chemicals and emerging materials.The industries include homeware and furniture, sports and leisure, automobiles and transportation, building and construction, electronics and electrical appliances, personal care, and green energy.

BOOTH 520 Worthen Industries, Inc.

Contact: Brenna Gase, Marketing Upaco Adhesives Division, Nashua, NH 3060 Phone: (603) 888-5443 Fax: (603) 888-7945 Email: bgase@worthenind.com Worthen Industries, Inc. manufactures specialty adhesives, coatings, coated products, and thermoplastic extrusion.

Our UPACO (Union Paste Co.) & NYLCO (New York Laminating Co.) divisions consist of 13 Product Lines in our five U.S. locations that specifically focus our offerings on our customers’ needs. We are a service-driven company that adds value through our Research and Development capabilities to provide custom solutions throughout the marketplace.

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CREATING TOMORROW’S SOLUTIONS

LOOKING FOR A GOOD REASON TO USE WACKER? WE’LL GIVE YOU THREE.

WORLD ADHESIVE & SEALANT CONFERENCE APRIL 25-27, 2022 HILTON CHICAGO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS VISIT US AT BOOTH 216-218

WACKER provides sealant and adhesive solutions that meet diverse applications and performance needs with one-on-one customer service and technical support around the globe.

• Compounders can take advantage of our adhesive and sealant raw materials selection in three polymer technology platforms: ELASTOSIL®, GENIOSIL®, and VINNAPAS®. For repackers, WACKER’s extensive RTV-1 silicone rubber portfolio offers a broad range of off-the-shelf solutions under the ELASTOSIL® brand.

• Users of pyrogenic silica can benefit from our exceptionally pure HDK® product manufactured in Charleston, Tennessee.

Visit us at WACKER.com/adhesives.

Wacker Chemical Corporation, 4950 S. State Rd. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 Tel. +1 888-922-5374, info.usa@wacker.com, www.wacker.com, @WackerChemCorp

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