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Barrier Adhesives

The packaging and medical / pharmaceutical industries are the largest industries to use adhesive systems having specific permeability requirements...
Coating and Laminating

Lamination is used to produce a film structure consisting of two or more layers of materials (films, foils, paper, etc.) by adhesive bonding...
Cold Seals

Cold seal adhesives are those that bond when exposed to pressure only. They are often referred to as pressure sensitive adhesives...
Extrusion

Extrusion is a method of making a laminate in which two or more thermoplastic materials are extruded separately and combined either internally in the die or immediately after leaving the die...
Food Contact

Many applications of flexible packaging adhesives require compliance with regulations for direct or non-direct food contact (e.g., Food and Drug Administration, FDA)...
Heat Seals

A heat seal is a thermoplastic adhesive that is generally applied to the substrate as a molten liquid coating and cooled to a solid or as a solventborne or waterborne coating and then dried to a solid...
Low Surface Energy Films

Thermoplastic materials often have a lower surface energy than thermosetting materials. Thus, physical or chemical modification of the surface is necessary to achieve acceptable bonding...
Medical

Typical applications for PSAs in the health care industry include wound coverings and closures, surgical drapes, ostomy mounts, electrocardiograph electrode mounts, electrosurgical grounding pads, and transdermal drug delivery...
Packaging

Packaging tapes are generally used for sealing and preventing pilfering or contamination. Packaging tapes are generally made from high tear biaxially oriented polypropylene film or polyester film backing...