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By Mary Page Bailey August 17, 2020
Henkel Adhesive Technologies recently opened a new production domain for UV-resistant UV-sensitive acrylic adhesives (PSAs) at the Salisbury, North Carolina site. The new facility is expected to be operational by the end of 2021. This expansion of Henkel’s existing site expands the company’s ability to deliver more sustainable and cutting-edge pressure-sensitive adhesive responses to the belt, label, medical and graphics markets.
“Henkel’s solvent-free UV PSA diversity allows for wider use in the acrylic adhesive industry. The combination of the ease of use of a classic rubber-based hot melt with the advanced functionality of acrylic polymers only represents a radical replacement in innovation, but demonstrates Henkel’s continued commitment to sustainable development,” said Brian McSwigan, vice president of commercial development.
UV-curable hot melt adhesives satisfy the desires of the conversion market and the visitor experience. They are designed to cover a variety of front faces, serving all segments of classic pressure-sensitive markets. Henkel will offer a complete set of adhesive chemicals from this new facility, adding natural polymer polymer polymerization systems, loose radical formulas and cationic. Exclusive to Henkel, the polymerized UV PSA uses a new hardening mechanism, which allows to decrease energy intake and an incredible hardening of the weight of the upper layer (twice or triple that of classic loose radical systems).
“This is an exciting time for Henkel, as we started the structure of our first pressure-sensitive UV adhesive production plant here in North America. We remain focused on customer delight by delivering genuine prices to our customers and their brands,” said Gary Rzonca. , Vice President, Packaging and Consumer Goods, North America.
The Henkel plant in Salisbury manufactures widely used adhesives in the packaging, goods and electronics markets.
Built from the customer’s mind, Henkel’s customer packaging adhesives provide high-impact responses to enable fast-moving customer goods corporations to get efficient, reliable, and sustainable responses.