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The article reports on the unveiling of Steratape's first compostable self-adhesive tape in Great Britain. The company claims that they are the first to develop the world's first compostable self-adhesive tape that would make it possible to make fully biodegradable, self-sealing plastic packaging. The company is optimistic that if the product will be successful during the final phase of the trial on January 2008, it could commercialize its product within two months.

The article reports on a project called ASCEND (Aerospace and Automotive Supply Chain Enabled Development), launched in 2021, led by GKN Aerospace and McLaren Automotive, that aims to develop materials and technologies for producing higher-rate, composites-intensive components for both the automotive and aerospace sectors.It mentions that the project aims to enable production of composites-intensive aircraft and for the urban air mobility (UAM) market, that rate could be much higher.

Engineers frequently admire the ways in which living creatures solve problems. However, they rarely manage to emulate them. But Andrey Geim, from Manchester University, in England, and his colleagues have done so. In a paper just published in "Nature Materials," they describe how they replicated the way that geckos cling to ceilings in a new, glue-free adhesive tape. A gecko's powers come from tiny hairs on the soles of its feet. Each hair sticks to any surface it touches by a combination of capillary action due to water it has absorbed and so-called van der Waal forces--electrostatic interactions between individual molecules. Dr Geim and his colleagues used electron-beam lithography (a technique employed in the manufacture of computer chips) to fabricate small pieces of plastic tape that had hairlike protuberances on their surfaces.

The article offers news briefs on the chemical industry as of January 18, 2006. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a process for sintering boron carbide powder used in body armor. British polyether ether ketone (PEEK) producer Victrex has tweaked the chemistry of its PEEK material making it viable as a substrate for adhesive tape. The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded research grants for projects aimed at saving energy in the pulp and paper industry.

This article reports on the success of Everbuild Building Products Ltd. as one of the leading adhesive tape suppliers in Great Britain and Ireland. This is due to the growing popularity of its Trade tape brand Mammoth and their do-it-yourself tape brand Kwikgrip. Its Mammoth trade tape product range is consists of electrical tapes, building tapes, masking tapes, double sided tapes and packaging tapes.

Taking a cue from nature, British scientists have come up with a reusable adhesive tape they say is strong enough to dangle a man from the ceiling by the palm of his hand. The researchers modeled their tape on the hairy feet of the gecko, the wall-scrambling lizard famed for its gravity-defying stunts. The prospects of this product are quite exciting for it can be used to move computer chips in a vacuum, pick up small fibers and design novel bandages.

The article presents several Health and Safety and Construction and Use safety reminders for artic operators in Great Britain. It is important to consider specifying a proper lifting system for easier bulkhead lifting. Using reflective marker tape on a trailer can be helpful in ensuring that it is seen at night. To ease the strain on manual handling, use a lightweight pedestrian ramp.

Features the Surface Guard Extra surface protection tape from Norville Autoflow in Great Britain. Available length options; Advantage in taping lenses.