Water based technology
Customers prefer customized adhesive bonding solutions to fulfill their water-based adhesive product needs. Our unique strength comes from our custom adhesive formulation technology and our emulsion polymer technology. We use both natural and synthetic raw materials and the latest technology available to create products that satisfy our customers' needs. Our global commercial, technical and manufacturing footprint enables us to deliver products tailored to the needs of our valued customers worldwide.
From industrial adhesives that are used in paper packaging, converting, laminating, labeling and hygiene markets to emulsion polymers used as building blocks for innovative products, our water-based adhesives serve a diverse range of markets. Our adhesive product lines demonstrate the use of this unique combination to offer innovative solutions. Our emulsion polymers, sold under the Hammer trademark, are found in woodworking adhesives, Polyurethane adhesives, contact adhesives, packaging adhesives, lamination adhesives and pressure sensitive adhesives.
Water based adhesives make up the largest and oldest group of solvent-free technologies. Water based adhesives, along with the hot-melt adhesives are considered the most conventional solvent-free adhesive technologies and the main alternatives to solvent based adhesive technologies.
Water can act as a carrier for emulsions (such as acrylic or polyvinyl acetate types polymers) and dispersions (such as polyamide or polyurethane polymers).
Water based polymers can be compounded and formulated with a wide variety of materials (such as plasticizers, tackifiers, fillers, surfactants, wetting agents, thickeners, defoamers, solvents, adhesion promoters, cross linkers as well as other water based polymers) to impart specific properties into the base polymer. Water based adhesives can be used for a wide variety of applications including packaging, laminating, labeling, wood working, automotive, book binding, flooring and construction. Water based adhesives have demonstrated many benefits, such as improved end-use performance and low environmental impact over solvent based adhesives in areas such as packaging and laminating.
Water based adhesives have been categorized into several main areas. Emphasis has been put on newer technologies (such as polyurethane dispersions PUD) and newer developments in traditional water based technologies (such as polyvinyl acetate ethylene copolymer and acrylic based adhesives). The water based adhesives categories are listed below:
Other adhesive technologies:
Solvent based technology
Polyurethane technology
Hot Melt technology