Choosing the best adhesive grade for the joining of two plastics or elastomers for a production application can be an exacting design task. This is especially true when joining dissimilar materials and when bonding certain plastics. Adhesives can provide the optimum - indeed often the only - assembly method. However it is all too often that the adhesive is not fully considered at the design stage. This can result in much time and trouble for engineers to get from the prototype stage to full production. This Practical Guide discusses the adhesive bonding of 30 of the most commonly used generic.