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

By Missy Smith

Besides looking out for Mother Nature, adhesives can help your bottom line, if you know which are most cost-effective for your packaging job. “Here you have to look at the per-square-foot cost and not just the price as supplied,” says Bergerson. “Another consideration is process cost. Water-based adhesives can be wet-laminated to porous substrates with no energy usage to dry off the solvent or to hot-laminate the construction.”