Adhesives are not the most elaborate or stimulating element of packaging construction, but their role is essential to overall packaging success.

By Kate Sharon

Even still, adhesives aren’t exactly big headline newsmakers and they beg the question, “What’s new?” According suppliers of adhesive materials, that’s a question with good answers.

The last five years have seen innovations in the raw material components that constitute adhesives. The result of these advancements has been the development of adhesives with refined and enhanced capabilities.