Adhesives and Plastics are Part of Our World
Perhaps you may not have considered that Plastics have revolutionized the way we live. Many people take all the plastic products we have for granted. Adhesives are another similar substance we use an awful lot of in construction, preventative maintenance and in so many other industries really. Think of all the caulking compounds, glues, tape, gasket compounds and things we rely on in everyday life? And what about the moldings and coatings that we have and the adhesives used in them?
Plastics have made millionaires out of people and made billions for large corporations in sales and profits and without them, well society and civilization could not do much of anything really. Good ole’ Jack Welsh sure made good on it at GE. And all the research and development in adhesives is also staggering and some of the mistakes have brought us things like that sticky note in front of you right now. Ah ha, gotcha, see what I mean?
For years I have subscribed to Plastics Manufacturing Magazine and Coating World and I can tell you in every issue there are new discoveries from making Solar Cells out of plastic to special one-coat adhesive paints for space satellites. The technology and innovations are truly out of this world.
Such great stuff we are designing for the future. We should all be impressed with it all and I can tell you that there is more to come. In fact I have even some innovative ideas myself to further it all and I bet you could come up with ideas also, of course some of my ideas are some way out concepts and others simple ideas that are needed now in the market place to solve problems. For instance hoses which swish like a snake and pump water or wings of aircraft, which respond to ram air and change shape?
And think of all the adhesives that have also completely changed the way we live and most people have no clue as to how things are made. It is truly amazing what mankind has done with adhesives from the organic components to glue plywood to the super adhesives for composites, which are used in everything from dental work to all the construction and high-tech stuff we all take for granted. The future is bright thanks to adhesives and plastics. Consider all this in 2006.