The awards recognize three customers across industries for world-changing innovations using adhesive technology. 

With sales of 21.5 billion euros, the report shows strong organic sales growth and significantly improved profitability, exceeding the outlook made at the beginning of the year.

The funds will go towards turning forest industry sidestreams into bio-alternatives, replacing fossil-based ingredients in the chemical and cosmetics industries.

The Portuguese company Colquímica Adhesives, provider of hot-melt adhesives for industrial applications, recently inaugurated a new facility in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Bostik, the adhesive solutions division of Arkema, has launched Bostik Academy: Absorbent Hygiene.

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Bostik announced the launch of Nuplaviva™, a series of new products formulated to meet disposable hygiene article manufacturers’ needs for adhesives with renewable content.

Adhesives are not typically top of mind to consumers of disposable hygiene products. They are not a large part of the product and can possibly be an afterthought by the article producers themselves. However, it is important to recognize that adhesives have several important tasks in these applications, from sealing and securing the diaper or pad core’s structure to holding elastics firmly in place inside the diaper.

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