Ashland introduces new synthetic cold-seal adhesive for flexographic printing
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BARCELONA, Spain - Traditional cold-seal adhesives for food packaging are
applied by patterned gravure. This means for every change in impression length
or configuration, a new gravure cylinder must be re-etched. To help eliminate
the excess time and cost involved in this process,Ashland Performance Materials,
a commercial unit of Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH), developed a novel synthetic cold-
seal adhesive for the European food packaging industry.
Ashland's Pureseal(TM) 23322E water-based, cold-seal adhesive can be applied via
theflexographic printing process, which means that the cost-intensive etching
and re-etching of cylinders can be avoided entirely by using a photopolymer
plate. This is of particular importance for shorter, specialized runs in the
confectionery bar market.
"A key benefit of this technology is that it provides manufacturers with the
opportunity to produce cold-seal flexible packaging on existing narrow-web press
equipment," said Stuart May, director of sales, Ashland Performance Materials,
Europe, Middle East and Africa. "As with any water-based product, the cold-seal
adhesive must be dried before rewinding."
Ashland's Pureseal 23322E cold-seal adhesive can be applied as an overall coat
or pattern. It seals packages comprised of biaxially oriented polypropylene
(OPP), white OPP, metalized OPP, polyester and other substrates suitable for
food packaging. It releases from release-treated films or release lacquer-coated
substrates and complies with the relevant U.S. Food and Drug Administration
regulations for food packaging.
Ashland's Pureseal 23322E adhesive is also a specially formulated synthetic-
based cohesive with no natural rubber components, making the product an ideal
choice for medical and protective packaging.
Ashland's UV and water-based adhesives and coatings are used in multiple
industries and applications including food packaging, labels and tags,
commercial printing, protective packaging and graphic arts.
To learn more about Ashland's innovative varnishes, adhesives and coatings
product lines, please contact a sales associate atPMeuropesales(at)ashland.com or
visit our website at www.ashland.com.
Ashland Performance Materials is the global leader in unsaturated polyester
resins and epoxy vinyl ester resins. In addition, it provides customers with
leading technologies in gelcoats, pressure-sensitive and structural adhesives.
In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) provide the
specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and
improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our
chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications,
including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal
care, pharmaceutical, tissue and towel, and water treatment.
Visitwww.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer through our four commercial
units - Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients, Ashland Hercules Water
Technologies, Ashland Performance Materials and Ashland Consumer Markets
(Valvoline).
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