The automotive industry needs adhesives that offer a combination of high elongation at break and high strength for use in both the body shell and assembly. This is because a growing number of different construction materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion have to be joined together. Also on trend at the moment are 2K adhesives which have a long open time and can cure rapidly at a relatively low temperature. Thermal conductivity is a further functionality which is moving increasingly centre-stage. The greater heat being generated nowadays in electrics and electronics - and not just in electric ...