We all relish today’s tastier foods that maintain moisture and flavor as they travel instantly from the freezer to the microwave, but you understand the stress to package integrity that causes. So do we! Warming evenly — opening easily — resisting melting or bursting under hot fill and microwave pressures are all challenges Rohm and Haas is hard at work to control. We do this with innovative solventless adhesives that offer high temperature resistance, resistance to aggressive fats, oils, and acids, compliance with FDA regulation 21CFR177.1395 and other FDA requirements. All while developing adhesives with fast cure times for faster processing.

Fast cure times boost productivity and convenience

With consumer products companies reducing lead times for packaging materials, converters are rightly increasing line speeds and seeking additional processing efficiencies from their laminates. The very latest solventless adhesives from Rohm and Haas laminate typical structures like polyethylene terephthalate/polyethylene at extremely fast line speeds, slit sooner and cure in half the time. And since fast cure times eliminate the need to cure packaging materials long-term in hot rooms, converters can reduce inventories and costs.

Our converter customers now can laminate a typical polyethylene terephthalate/cast polypropylene structure for this category with confidence. Intrinsically solvent-free, these adhesives help meet sustainability objectives through a far lower energy footprint than other adhesive types.