The variety of modern flexible packaging products that are available today would not be possible without high quality laminating adhesive systems. The evolution of the packaging industry has closely matched the development of new adhesive materials and production process. These trends have led to high quality and technically demanding packaging structures required by the consumer.
For many flexible packaging applications the use of a single material may not satisfy all of the properties demanded of the product. In these cases a composite consisting of two or more layers of material may provide the desired performance. A particularly common means of creating such a composite is tolaminate films to other films, foils, papers.
Film lamination is widely used in fields where film or foil has to be protected against humidity intensive light exposure and fats or where an elegant surface look is required, is used for the purposes of creative design and practical function. There are many types of films and this variety makes it possible to achieve a multitude of special creative effects.
Solvent less lamination, is where the adhesives used do not contain solvents. Solvent-less adhesive generally indicates a specific type of adhesive composed by two components reacting with each other and consequently not requiring drying. It has such advantages as: very easy to run, reduction in glue weight, full range of plastic film possible, high production speeds, no dryer with less energy consumption, short start-up time and excellent adhesion.
