Although they are rarely in the limelight, adhesives are the glue that holds the pieces together.

By Missy Smith

Flexible packaging adhesives
Ashland Inc.’s PURETHANETM and PURELAM adhesives for flexible packaging can be used for dry- or wet-bond applications, packaging films, frozen or refrigerated packaging, film-to-film and film-to-paper laminations, heat-seal coatings and vacuum laminations. The PURETHANE adhesives are also used in industrial laminating, reflective insulation packaging, and electrostatic discharge packaging applications.—Ashland, www.ashland.com