UV acrylic hot melt – the sustainable solution for PSA tapes, packaging, and industrial goods

UV acrylic hot melt – the sustainable solution for PSA tapes, packaging, and industrial goods

Jennifer Heathcote’s recent webinar with Converting Quarterly magazine explains why UV hot melt has finally become commercially viable, 40 years after its initial development.

In her webinar with Converting Quarterly magazine, GEW Inc’s Vice President for Business Development, Jennifer Heathcote, explains why UV acrylic hot melt has recently become a viable method for adoption across adhesive applications, despite only having a single-digit market share since its commercial inception in the 1990s.

The webinar covers a few key topics, including:

  • The birth of sustainability;
  • The key timeline of sustainability policy in the modern era;
  • The timeline for UV acrylic hot melt development;
  • What are PSAs;
  • What are typical UV hot melt coat weights;
  • What does a UV hot melt coating line look like in practice;
  • Specifying UV for hot melt PSA lines;
  • UV acrylic hot melt – the value proposition;
  • Monitoring UV output in real time.

If any of these topics are of interest to you, then watch Jennifer’s webinar below:

Watch the webinar

To learn more about UV acrylic hot melt, read Jennifer’s latest article: 7 benefits of UV hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives: A game changer for adhesive applications.

Or find out why UV hot melt is more sustainable than solvent-based PSAs.

With thanks to Converting Quarterly.

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