Bostik’s complete line of adhesive products for the packaging market ranges from rigid packaging to flexible packaging and works well for a variety of applications in the packaging market. Additionally, Bostik continually works to ensure that our packaging adhesive products evolve alongside this changing market.
Our adhesive products for rigid packaging are durable and versatile. These packaging formulas also generate strong adhesive products with the right open and set times to optimise production lines.
Our adhesive products’ low application temperatures also offer improved safety. For case and carton sealing in secondary and end-of-line packaging, Bostik’s rigid packaging adhesive products are hot melts that form strong fibre tearing bonds on a variety of substrates.
Bostik’s adhesive products for flexible packaging applications are designed to be fast-curing and environmentally friendly.
CASE & CARTON
Bostik’s case and carton seal adhesive products for the packaging market are flexible, strong and offer extraordinary thermal stability.
From freezer and general purpose to low application temperature and thermal stability, our innovative formulas enable these case and carton seal adhesive products to maximise customers’ manufacturing efficiencies. They have the right open and set times and are optimised to perform efficiently for today’s rapid production requirements.
Our case and carton seal adhesive products are also designed to handle a wide range of end-use temperatures and have high performance on difficult-to-adhere-to substrates.
Additionally, Bostik’s cutting-edge knowledge in the packaging market enables our company to serve as expert problem solvers and develop any case and carton seal solution customers may need.
CONTAINER LABELLING
Bostik’s superior container labelling adhesive products are used in a range of applications in the packaging market.
From glass, polyolefin and PET bottles to metal containers, Bostik’s container labelling products offer high-speed labelling that won’t slow down production line speeds.
Ideal for in-line labelling and roll through labelling processes, these container labelling adhesive products have good heat resistance, aggressive tack, and excellent, reliable label pick up.
An industry standard for their durability and ease-of-use, these container labelling adhesive products use both hot melt and water-based technologies for film and paper labels.
Tailored to meet customers’ specific needs, these quality container labelling adhesive products are the ideal labelling solution in the packaging market.
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Bostik’s flexible packaging adhesive products for fill packaging, horizontal flow packaging, laminating and lidding are the smart choice in the packaging market.
An innovative leader in flexible packaging, Bostik’s adhesive products provide customers with cutting-edge technology to meet their needs.
FILL PACKAGING ADHESIVES
Bostik offers fill packaging adhesive products for general purpose sealing, dual ovenable sealing, refrigerable sealing, resealing and specialty sealing. These adhesives for the flexible packaging market use a range of technologies including water-based, hot melts and solvent-based, ensuring there is a Bostik product to meet customers’ diverse needs.
HORIZONTAL FLOW PACKAGING ADHESIVES
Bostik’s horizontal flow packaging adhesives for the confectionary, granola, snack and bakery markets are responsive and innovative. With over 100 years in the flexible packaging market, Bostik is a proven market leader in horizontal flow packaging adhesives.
Offering water-based, cold seal and reseal technologies, this line of adhesive products for flexible packaging meets customers’ most demanding requirements.
LAMINATING ADHESIVES
Bostik’s flexible packaging laminating adhesive products provide systems used for film-to-foil and film-to-film applications in the food and medical markets.
Our products are used in films, pouches, ink binders and primers. These products are designed to meet the innovative needs of the flexible packaging market.
Bostik’s Herberts line is comprised of dry bond laminating adhesives for flexible packaging. These high performing adhesives can be either solvent-based or solvent-less. Bostik’s solvent-based Herberts laminating adhesives are polyester-based adhesives applied out of ethyl acetate or acetone using a hardener.
The solvent-less adhesives for laminating are one-and-two component systems designed for use in medium- to high-performance laminations. Both types of Herberts can be tailored to the most demanding flexible packaging applications, up to and including retort stable laminations.
LIDDING
Bostik’s flexible packaging adhesive products are also used in lidding applications. These heat seal coatings are manufactured using a combination of technologies. For example, Bostik’s lidding adhesive products use hot melt systems based on polymers.