Hot-Melt Adhesives for End-of-Line Packaging | Bostik Blog

Hot-melt adhesives have long been a preference for end-of-line (EOL) packaging needs, and with good reason. From a superior seal to strength against the elements, Bostik Kizen® hot-melts resist pop-opens, offer structural integrity, and support high-volume packaging and palletizing operations.

Manufacturers and converters can face many challenges in bringing consumer goods products to the market. Like you, many continually watch for better solutions for:

Maintaining brand identity
Ensuring durable product packaging
Enhancing opportunities for use of recycled packaging materials
Enabling more circular end-of-life outcomes
Keeping pace—efficiently—with fast moving production demands
Reducing plastic use and material waste in your end-of-line processes
Minimizing damage in palletizing and logistics
Protecting against poorly controlled shipping and storage environments

Our experts have identified numerous ways your choice for case, carton, and package sealing can impact your ability to meet these goals. And, while there is an assortment of closure options available from a variety of suppliers around the world, not all are created equal. Hot-melt adhesives like Kizen® offer you a wide range of benefits.

Strength, Stability, and Elemental Resistance

Hot-melt adhesives can help you reduce product damage in palletizing and shipping, and maintain a firm hold even in the presence of moisture and extreme temperatures.

Superior Seal to a Wide Variety of Materials

During application, hot-melt adhesive penetrates the material to create a direct, rigid connection between the bonded surfaces, including thin and porous substrates. We can suggest the right Kizen adhesive to resist pop-opens for your particular container materials.

Structural Integrity of Containers and Packaging

If you use tape to seal packaging that includes box flaps, your containers may experience distortion that would weaken their overall structure. This is due to the fact that is flexible and may allow “give” between the surfaces. Such skewing can place undue stress on your container’s structural integrity.

By contrast, Kizen adhesives support box integrity by firmly resisting distortion. This reduces your risk of products becoming damaged during storage and transport.

Secure Against Extreme Heat and Cold

Hot-melt adhesives are suitable for a wide range of temperature conditions (from -40°F/-40°C up to 250°F/121°C). Specific Kizen formulations from Bostik are designed with particular packaging and storage environments in mind. Our experts can help you make the right choice for your products.

Adhesives Add Efficiency to Packaging and Palletizing

Remaining competitive in a crowded marketplace can be difficult, but it is made easier when you keep costs down. Optimizing efficiency throughout manufacturing and logistics helps control expense and reduce costs that would otherwise be passed on to the consumer.

Continuous Production Line Operations

Melters for adhesive pellets/chubs can function continuously while being filled, increasing productivity. Replacing tape rolls, however, reduces efficiency due to halting a production line. An additional advantage: There are no expenses for cleaning, repairing, or replacing tape heads.

The right hot-melt adhesive from Bostik also helps you avoid excessive maintenance time and unnecessary energy usage.

Avoid Waste Caused by Damage in Storage and Handling

The durability of hot-melt adhesive is unmatched because the pellets/chubs are less susceptible to improper handling. Even dented or flattened, they still melt for use as intended.

Other closure options, such as tape rolls, can become unusable when damaged, whether due to rough transport or an incorrectly managed storage environment. With adhesive, there are no unusable rolls to discard.

Support for More Sustainable Packaging

Consumers and regulatory agencies increasingly hold manufacturers and converters to a higher level of corporate social responsibility. They look for less reliance on plastics and prefer packaging to be either recyclable or compostable. Hot-melt adhesives can help you meet these expectations.

Reduced Plastic Use for Closure and Palletizing

Hot-melt adhesives can help reduce plastic use and the number of different materials needed, as well as cut down on waste that will need to be discarded. Tapes used for closure typically cover a greater surface area than bands or beads of adhesive used to seal the same container.

The reduction can be even more pronounced in the palletizing process, depending on the number of layers of plastic wrap previously used.

Designing for a More Circular Economy

Specific glues can be chosen to support post-consumer recycling, composting, and other end of life processes. Kizen adhesives also enable the use of highly-recycled cardboard in the packaging process. Adhesives incorporating sustainable ingredients are also available for certain applications.

Enhanced Product Appearance and Brand Identity

Adhesives leave your containers and packaging surfaces free of unsightly interruptions. Graphics and text remain unobstructed, with the appearance you (and your brand team) intend. When shipped in sturdy, properly sealed containers, you can also minimize any distortions, blemishes, or packaging damage. Any of these could make your consumers pause and consider choosing a competitor’s product that may have a more appealing look.

Talk to a Bostik expert today about why Kizen^® adhesives are a more efficient, sustainable, and confident choice for your end-of-line packaging needs.

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A Secure Choice: Hot-Melt Adhesives for End-of-Line Packaging