Spot Adhesives for Your Fast-Moving Packaging Needs

Automated production lines help keep today’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) zipping through the supply chain. Imagine a bundle of yogurt cups, shrink-wrapped on cardboard. To keep the cups firmly in place on a high-speed production line requires you to choose the right glue.

When making your spot packaging adhesive selection, here are some key considerations to keep in mind:

• Material compatibility. The adhesive you choose should bond well with both your containers and the base substrate—often a cardboard sheet.
• Relative adhesion. The glue must hold primary packaging firmly in place during transit yet remain easy for the consumer to remove in use. Another common preference is for the adhesive to adhere a bit more strongly to the substrate than the container. This allows the glue dot to remain on the base substrate, instead of pulling free with the product, for a clean appearance and satisfying consumer experience.
• Short set time. To keep up with accelerated line speeds in your packaging machinery, the hot melt should have an appropriate cure time.
• Thermal stability. Low charring or oxidation helps support smooth operations.
• Clean and easy application. The right adhesive should apply accurately. This has several benefits:
• Economic efficiency
• Minimized waste of adhesive and the raw materials used to make it
• Few work stoppages for cleanup
• Spotless product appearance
• Post-consumer sustainability. The spot adhesive should not hinder recycling efforts for the primary or secondary packaging solutions you choose.

Bostik adhesives provide a balanced level of adhesion for a wide range of packaging processes and consumer satisfaction.

Let Bostik help you meet your end-of-line adhesive needs. Whatever challenge you are facing, we will help find a solution because we have the knowledge and experience to do so.

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