Insta Caulk® is one amazing new product in a growing trend of companies developing new products that take something that used to be done with a messy liquid adhesive or some sort of mechanical fastener and transforming it with an easy-to-apply adhesive-backed product. Adhesive tape is everywhere you look, and it’s starting to creep into places you’d never think you would ever see it.
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Your double coated tape or foam needs can be more narrowly defined after going through the process of answering these 10 questions. Here are the 10 questions you need to answer before tackling your next bonding or joining application.
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Chances are that somewhere along the way you’ve encountered a price increase from your tape suppliers or manufacturers - or, yes, even Budnick. Often times these increases come with little or no explanation about the root cause other than that they’re being passed through from another link in the supply chain. At Budnick we wanted to take a moment to try and shed some light on not just what’s causing these increases, but what effect our industry has on the overall pricing process.
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Budnick is happy to announce that we have been awarded a 2011 Better Business Bureau TORCH Award for exceptional ethical business practices and customer service!
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This week we're spotlighting the tesa 4848 PV1 Surface Protection Film!
This product features an environmentally friendly polyethylene backing with a light, age resistant acrylic adhesive. The transparent film makes it great for protecting windows during painting, plastering, or decoration work without blocking the natural light from the window.
This versatile film can also be used in the Appliance and Automotive industries for general surface protection.
For more information on tesa 4848 PV 1,
check out the datasheet here!
We've posted a few articles here on TapeBlog about the rise in solar energy and the role tape plays in the creation of the photovoltaic panels that capture the sun's rays. The push for renewable energy in the United States has poised the country to be the largest consumer of photovoltaic cells and panels by 2013.
Check out the article here on ASI's website.
This means that there will be a big push in solar panel manufacturing. If you've ever wondered how these panels are made, check out our
Solar industry page and head over to our
Facebook page to see some videos of the process of making these panels.
Intertape Polymer Group has just announced the release of a new tensilized polypropylene tape. Check out the release from IPG below, and learn more about TPP-200 by viewing the datasheet here!
TPP-200 is an economical clean removal tensilized polypropylene designed for temporary holding applications of appliances and electronics. Other applications include flange masking of fiberglass parts, covering seams of medium density fiberboard during composite production in addition to multiple surface protection applications such as automotive door sills. The rubber adhesive offers excellent adhesion and stain/residue free removal from painted metals, stainless steel, ABS plastic, fiberglass and various other surfaces. TPP-200 has been used in production environments over the past three months at various appliance and composite manufacturers to ensure proper performance prior to our formal launch.
For more information on IPG TPP-200, please contact your Budnick sales rep or accou ...
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Budnick Converting is headquartered in Columbia, IL - a small town located outside of St. Louis, Mo steeped in German heritage with a strong sense of community pride. These characteristics led Columbia to be named one of the best bangs for your buck when it comes to affordable living!
Columbia made the list of CNN Money's Most Affordable Places to Live in the September, 2011 edition of Money Magazine.
One major point in the article about what makes Columbia such a great place to live is the quality of employers available in town - namely Budnick Converting! At Budnick we're proud to be part of Columbia - and happy to see that this fantastic community has been given the recognition it deserves!
Read the full article here!
Budnick is excited to announce the launch of our new website,
Budnick.com! We've listened to your suggestions and taken the best parts of our existing award winning sites - TapeInfo, TapeBlog, and BudnickConverting.com - and combined them into the bigger, better, brand new
Budnick.com. Budnick’s e-Business Manager, Lance R Schneider, explains why this new site launch is such a big deal for Budnick and for the industry:
“By combining all of our digital assets into one site, we are creating a better experience for the customer. Industrial manufacturers and distributors can now turn to one site, Budnick.com, for information, news, products and specialty converting of adhesive tapes and foams. We have truly created a destination site for the industry, and we’re partnering with new alliances to deliver broader product offerings while increasing our level of service to our customers.”
"With so many applications for masking and surface protection in the transportation industry, how can I find the right masking tape solution for my process?"
This is an important question because choosing the right masking tape is like choosing the right tool. It is important to know what you are trying to accomplish with the masking tape (your application), as well as knowing what the tape is going to be put through (environmental conditions). Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) has published a very nice article and application-to-product chart just for this type of question. View their article, Training Tips for Transportation Masking.