Sustainable Packaging Brings Innovation Opportunities for Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

Product packaging is one of the many areas where consumer and brand-driven demands for more sustainable solutions are high. Packaging is obviously visible to consumers and is increasingly being perceived as ever-more wasteful. Minimizing the amount of packaging is a valid goal, but so too is creating smarter packaging that may offer greater recyclability and […]
The Value Two Pathways Brings for Manufacturing Heat-Sealable Packaging

In the flexible packaging value chain, raw material suppliers, converters, and film producers work to ensure brand owners receive a finished package that meets performance requirements. For heat-sealable packages in particular, there are two pathways to achieve this. Converters can purchase heat-seal adhesive coatings directly from an adhesive supplier and manufacture a finished film themselves; […]
Scientists at NTU Singapore Develop a Reusable Adhesive that Brings us One Step Closer to Spider-Man

Scientists from NTU Singapore have developed a smart, reusable adhesive more than ten times stronger than a gecko’s feet adhesion, pointing the way for development of reusable superglue and grippers capable of holding heavy weights across rough and smooth surfaces. The NTU research team found a way to maximize the adhesion of the smart adhesives […]