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

By Kate Sharon

“UV adhesives have improved dramatically in the last five years as many manufacturers of UV raw materials have developed products specifically for these applications,” said Todd Dickenscheidt, Research & Development, UVitec Printing Ink. “Also, free radical cure mechanisms are being used frequently now, where before almost all UV adhesives used cationic cure mechanisms.”