Yes, Redux did continue. But it is just a polymeric adhesive that can be modified and improved, and it did evolve. The Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redux_(adhesive)) is helpful and includes, for example:
Redux Liquid 775/Powder 775 was joined in 1954 by the subsequent Redux Film 775 system, used from 1962 by de Havilland (later Hawker Siddeley and subsequently British Aerospace) on the DH.125 and DH.146. Other users included Bristol (on the Britannia), SAAB (on the Lansen & Draken), Fokker (on the F.27), Sud Aviation (on the Alouette II/III), Breguet and Fairchild, the film-form having the advantage of greater gap-filling ability with no loss of strength over Redux Liquid 775/Powder 775, allowing for wider tolerances in component-fit, as well as easier handling and use and controlled ratios of the liquid/powder components. Other Redux adhesives available included “Redux 64”, a solution of the phenolic liquid and PVF powder, used worldwide for bonding linings to brake shoes, pads and clutches. The Redux range was subsequently expanded to include the current range of adhesives, both in single and two part paste systems and film forms, for both aerospace and industrial uses.
In modern terms, Airbus uses a skin made of GLARE. From what I remember this is on the fuselage upper skin of the A380. It is alternating layers of 2024 and glass-reinforced epoxy.
My favorite all-purpose resin is 3M EC2216. This epoxy has been used since the sixties where it was used to bond 2024 facings to aluminium honeycomb (eg, possibly on the Bronco flaps), and is still specified for various uses on Boeing airliners for glueing things to composites. It is good for wood, aluminium and modern epoxy-based composites.
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