What is your company doing to go green? Perhaps it’s a new product or a manufacturing initiative you’ve introduced. Big or small, we want to know about it!
“Sustainability is changing the way products are being designed, produced and discarded. It will certainly change the way we think about the raw materials that go into these products, and it will certainly have a major effect on the adhesives and sealants industry.”1
LEED 2009, the long-awaited update to the internationally recognized LEED green building certification program, has passed member ballot, and will be introduced in 2009 as the next major evolution of the existing LEED rating system for commercial buildings.
While these solventless adhesives sound like the way to go for converting applications - no solvent means no emissions, no ovens are required, much higher speeds can be achieved, and less energy is used - they might not be the end-all solution for all manufacturers.
Once a fringe player, solventless adhesives have become a workhorse in the laminating industry. Coim’s Dave Engel discusses how this happened and why solventless is such an attractive alternative to solvent-based adhesives.
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