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Adhesive Technology Trends Driving Packaging Innovation

Although adhesive traditionally has created one of the biggest hurdles to effective recycling, recent innovations offer new opportunities.

Malcolm Aitken

November 25, 2024

As the packaging industry works to address today’s challenges, adhesive manufacturers create products that make recycling simpler and more effective.

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A New Tool to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Packaging Adhesives

ASI talked to Vernon Jansen van Rensburg, Head of Global Market Development for Sasol’s Wax business, to discuss SASOLWAX LC100 and how it can help adhesive manufacturers reduce their carbon footprint and reach their sustainability goals.

Karen Parker

November 13, 2024

An industrial-grade wax with a 35% lower carbon footprint is helping packaging-adhesive formulators reduce their Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions.

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Meridian Adhesives Group Opens Las Vegas Center of Excellence

January 17, 2024

The state-of-the-art center represents an expansion of Meridian’s production capabilities, reaffirming the company’s commitment to delivering high-quality adhesive products.

H.B. Fuller to Showcase Innovations at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

August 23, 2023

H.B. Fuller will feature technology addressing e-commerce and sustainable packaging solutions.

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Bio-Based Adhesives Market Expected to Grow

August 23, 2023

The growing demand from the packaging industry for lightweight, sustainable, and inventive packaging options is anticipated to boost the bio-based adhesives market.

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TESA: Splicing Tape

June 21, 2023

Self-adhesive products from tesa tape provide reliable, repulpable splicing tape for paper production.

Dow packaging adhesives receive RecyClass approval

Dow Packaging Adhesives Receive Mechanical Recycling Approval in Europe

December 7, 2022

Two Dow adhesive systems commonly used for a broad range of polyethylene (PE) film packaging applications have been approved as compatible for mechanical recycling following a scientific evaluation by RecyClass.

Closed-Loop Model Enables Recycling of PET-Based Multilayer Packaging

This article presents a best-practice example of a closed recycling loop for PET-based multilayer. Four partners have collaborated on a new recycling approach.

September 21, 2022

A strategic partnership of four technology companies has resulted in a closed-loop recycling model that is sparking new discussions around the role PET-based multilayer will play in tomorrow’s packaging industry.

Strategies for Green Bonding

How can we make adhesives and bonding processes more sustainable?

Gerhard Haas

January 31, 2022

Sustainable bonding requires combining the highest possible certified bio-based raw material content in the adhesives, low maintenance and energy requirements in the bonding process, high compatibility of the adhesives with existing application systems, and, especially in the packaging industry, high compatibility in terms of downstream paper recycling. All of this must be achieved at competitive prices.