Suppliers Support Council's Quality Initiatives
Recognizing the dynamic global changes in the pressure sensitive tape industry, PSTC invites industry suppliers to join tape manufacturers in building channel alliances through the PSTC affiliate supplier program. Suppliers and manufacturers together identify challenges and seek solutions - all directed to advancing the use of pressure sensitive adhesive tapes.
PSTC salutes its affiliate suppliers. Thank you for your support in advancing pressure sensitive adhesive tapes.
Current affiliate suppliers are:
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Ashland Performance Materials
Ashland Performance Materials is recognized as a world leader for high performance pressure sensitive adhesives. Ashland delivers "tailor-made" solvent, emulsion, rubber and 100% solids technologies to meet customer specific application requirements.
David Hatgas
Director, Global Product Management Packaging and Converting Adhesives
djhatgas@ashland.com
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Cray Valley
Cray Valley is part of the resin division of the TOTAL Chemical Group. Cray Valley supplies hydrocarbon resins to the adhesives industry: C5 Wingtack resin, C9 Norsolene resin and W series pure monomer resin.
Thierry Razat
Business Director, Hydrocarbon Resins
thierry.razat@crayvalleyus.com
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Cytec Industries, Inc.
Cytec Industries is one of the world's leading specialty chemicals and materials technology companies. We offer a broad portfolio of advanced coating, bonding and laminating resins, including high-quality pressure sensitive adhesives for emerging medical, tapes, labels and graphics applications.
Joseph Kidd
Global Market Manager - Tapes & Medical
joseph.kidd@cytec.com
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Dow Adhesives
Dow Adhesives, formerly Rohm and Haas, offers pressure sensitive adhesives and formulating and coating expertise. The company is a global leader in the development of innovative technologies and solutions for the specialty materials market.
Chris Urheim
Marketing Manager
curheim@rohmhaas.com
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Eastman Chemical Company
Eastman is a global leader in raw materials for the adhesives and polymer modification industries. We offer the broadest technology and product portfolio together with global manufacturing sites and an extensive sales and technology support network to give you a wealth of formulating and innovation options. Eastman tackifying resins and polymers provide the tack, shear strength, peel, light color, clarity and other characteristics needed to deliver outstanding performance for industrial, consumer and specialty tape applications.
Jeffrey Redmond
General Manager, Adhesives & Polymers
jredmond@eastman.com
Bruce Hunter
Vice President Technical Specialties Sales
bhunter@FiberMark.com
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Henkel Adhesive Technologies
Formerly National Adhesives, Henkel is the world’s largest adhesive and coatings manufacturer and offers liquid emulsion, solvent-borne solution, 100% solids and hot melt adhesives worldwide. Products are based on polyurethane, acrylic, rubber ethylene vinyl acetate, epoxy, polyvinyl acetate, and starch and dextrin chemistries. Henkel's pressure sensitive adhesives team offers customers a unique value proposition we call "customized business solution." We deliver the right products and services for your coating and performance requirements, including custom product tailoring to meet your specifications. A global business with manufacturing capability in North America, Europe and Asia, our regional business teams are ready to work with you to provide just the right pressure sensitive adhesive solution for your application.
Dietrich Crail
Vice President & Global Segment Leader Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
dietrich.crail@us.henkel.com
Ingrid Brase
Market Segment Director, PSA
ingrid.brase@us.henkel.com
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Mayzo, Inc.
Mayzo provides additives such as antioxidants, U.V. absorbers and stabilizers, optical brighteners, photoinitiators, and release agents to manufacturers of polymers resins, adhesives, rubber, ink, coatings, caulks and sealants. Mayzo produces innovative polypropylene modifiers to enhance impact properties, breathability, and improve processing in injection molding, thermoforming, film and pipe applications. Mayzo also produces custom blends in various product forms to meet customer requirements.
Ben Milazzo
President
bmilazzo@mayzo.com
Keith Bernard
Regional Business Manager, Mid-West
kbernard@mayzo.com
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Milliken and Company
Milliken manufactures technical and specialty products custom engineered for end uses across the textile spectrum. We are currently serving markets such as substrates, reinforcements, flame retardant fabrics, seating, specialty packaging, barrier products, and many more. Our technical expertise and diverse manufacturing capabilities are focused on providing unique solutions to our customers’ opportunities that will improve their market position and insure long term success. Contact us to discuss your technical textile needs.
Mark Blackman
Business Manager Specialty Industrials
Mark.Blackman@Milliken.com
Vince Foody
Director Sales and Marketing Specialty Industrials
Vince.Foody@Milliken.com
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Sekisui Voltek LLC
Sekisui Voltek, LLC, part of a worldwide network of Sekisui companies, is a global leader in the development and production of crosslinked, closed-cell polyolefin foams. Volara®, Volextra® and Minicel® foams offer superior performance and quality. Along with these key properties is our ability to produce consistent-gauge Volara as thin as 10 mils and Minicel as thick as 3 inches.
Christine Brouder
Marketing Manager and Corporate Purchasing
christine.brouder@sekisuivoltek.com
Mark Hatch
Sales Office Manager East Region, Thin Foam Product Manager
mark.hatch@sekisuivoltek.com
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Sonoco
Sonoco, founded in 1899, is a global manufacturer of industrial and consumer products and provider of packaging services, with more than 300 operations in 35 countries serving customers in 85 nations.
Rick Turner
Tape Market Segment Manager
rick.turner@sonoco.com
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Thilmany, LLC
Thilmany manufactures and converts lightweight packaging, pressure sensitive, industrial and technical papers. With a long history of leadership in the pressure sensitive market with production at the Nicolet and Kaukauna mills in Wisconsin, we produce a wide range of super-calendered krafts and glassine papers as well as poly-coated papers that can be custom engineered for your unique silicone release liner needs.
Cristen Gregorius
Market Manager - Thilmany Papers
cristen.gregorius@thilmany.com
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Wausau Paper Corp.
The Specialty Paper Group produces products from siliconized liners used in the production of graphite aerospace components to saturating papers used in high-pressure laminates to satisfy complex end-use requirements. The company's Mosinee, Rhinelander and Otis facilities produce papers engineered to achieve very specific qualities for a very diverse customer base and regularly experiment to develop new products.
Michael Nelson
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
mnelson@wausaupaper.com
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