Franklin Connections Blog

• Housing Markets on the Upswing

  Jun-11-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Jaye Schroeder
  

  Realtors and homebuilders alike – and the myriad industries that provide products and services to them – are breathing a collective sigh of relief: At long last, the housing markets are coming to life.(...) <read more>

• Wood Adhesive Gluing Tip

  Jun-06-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Marketing Admin
  

  To keep wood cells open and receptive to adhesive penetration,(...) <read more>

• Choosing the Correct Adhesive for Your Labeled Open Stock Product

  Jun-05-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Erin Wolford, Flexible Packaging Magazine
  

  Just this weekend, I was peeling off a bar-code sticker from a flower pot that I had recently purchased. And—aaargh—it did not peel off cleanly. The sticker ended up leaving residue on the product, and I had to find the orange oil(...) <read more>

• Bottom Lines

  May-30-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Tom Polischuk, packagePRINTING
  

  I spent about 15 years working in manufacturing plants so I got a firsthand appreciation for what it takes to work in operations and the impact that it has on the bottom line for a typical consumer products company.(...) <read more>

• 30 Years, 60 Countries, 2 People

  May-28-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted In: | Posted By: Abbe Raabe
  

  Don McCloskey and Danielle Milam manage ALL of Franklin Adhesives & Polymers’ international business in 60 countries. How do two people based in Columbus, OH manage our business in all 60 countries?(...) <read more>

• Lightweight Panel, Hot Air Edgebands at Ligna

  May-23-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine
  

  For wood products and panel manufacturing, the place to be in May is Germany. Here in Hannover, I'm attending the LIGNA 2013 trade show - where I can see up close new machinery and wood manufacturing technology developments. Next week I will head south to Interzum in Cologne,(...) <read more>