Growth opportunities for adhesives. (Business Management & Marketing).

Adhesives Age,  April, 2003  by Roger J. Lohman

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A LARGE NUMBER of opportunities have made the adhesives industry an attractive market over the past two decades. When ChemQuest conducted its first comprehensive study of the U.S. adhesives industry in 1980, it revealed over 500 explicit product growth opportunities.

Since 1980, the total U.S. adhesives industry has more than doubled, and while it has matured to some extent, the number of product growth opportunities are still found to total an impressive 400, when measured with the same standards. A better understanding of the trends supporting these opportunities is useful to consider.

ChemQuest defines an opportunity (or, better-stated, ...