Franklin Connections Blog

• Kudos to Our Lab on This Breakthrough Adhesive Technology

  Aug-13-2014 | Comments: 1 | Posted In: | Posted By: Todd Hunt
  

  We want to give credit where it’s due: Everyone in the R&D lab who worked on the new Covinax 234-01, step into the limelight and take a bow for developing an incredible pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) that is sure to open some new possibilities for customers that seek this exceptional combination of performance characteristics.(...) <read more>

• McClure Tables: The Bond Beyond Glue

  Jul-22-2014 | Comments: 0 | Posted In: | Posted By: Abbe Raabe
  

  We just make the adhesives. But we are gratified by the products our customers create using them. Take McClure Tables, a Grand Rapids-based maker of handcrafted shuffleboard tables. Owners Todd and Judy McClure produce a couple of hundred tables (and (...) <read more>

• Smart Technology Smooths Defects

  Jul-08-2014 | Comments: 2 | Posted In: | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine
  

  Consumers are of two minds on furniture and cabinetry design: the popular glossy surfaces with seamless edges, as well as the textured with even rough surfaces. The glossy appeal follows the iPhone look, sleek perfection, simplicity and spare. It caters to the “technology rules” mindset.(...) <read more>

• Skateboarding Our Way Beyond Wood Components: Five Creative Industrial Applications for Wood Glue

  Jun-24-2014 | Comments: 4 | Posted In: | Posted By: Jaye Schroeder
  

  Millwork, cabinetry and wood furniture might account for the bulk of our wood glue business. But you’d be surprised at some of the other manufacturers that use our glue to create their products. Here’s a look at five of some of the more interesting products we hold together.(...) <read more>

• Forecasted New Technology Spanning the Next 10 Years

  Jun-10-2014 | Comments: 0 | Posted In: | Posted By: Erin Wolford, Flexible Packaging Magazine
  

  A newly released report from research firm Smithers Pira brings an interesting angle to the flexible packaging and labeling sector. There will be 5 “disruptive technologies” in the packaging sector by 2023. These include: (...) <read more>

• Five Essential Steps in Edge and Face Gluing

  May-20-2014 | Comments: 0 | Posted In: | Posted By: Jaye Schroeder
  

  Having problems creating strong edge-and-face joints in your cabinets or furniture? Before you blame the glue, you might want to make sure you are taking each of these fundamental steps when you prepare the wood and glue. (...) <read more>