Escorez™ resins for hot-melt adhesives in packaging

Hot melt adhesives being applied (with a hand held applicator) to one of the flaps of a generic corrugated box containing oranges for shipment

Escorez™ 5000 series tackifying resins help maximize the benefits that manufacturers can achieve with hot-melt adhesives in packaging applications. Our resins are compatible with a selection of polymers, including ethylene vinyl acetate, styrenic block copolymers (SIS, SBS, SEBS) and polyalphaolefins.

Compared with waterborne technology and conventional tackifiers, hot-melt production technology using Escorez 5000 resins delivers:

  • Improved end-product usability, featuring light color and low odor
  • Increased output of high-speed packaging machines
  • Increased use of difficult substrates such as functional coatings and recycled paper
  • Increased ability to produce specialty and small packages
  • Iotentially lower adhesive use and costs due to good surface coverage
  • Reduced equipment maintenance due to char- and gel-resistance
  • Reduction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Escorez resins perform well on a wide range of packaging types:

  • Corrugated board
  • Carton and side-seam closures, and corrugated case forming and sealing
  • Labels, signs, decals and marking systems
  • Other flexible packaging (carton labels, paper lamination to film, chipboard to chipboard lamination, string adhesives and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle assembly)
  • Specialty packaging (perfumes, cosmetics, candy, toys, jewelry)
  • Composite containers and tubes (snack foods, motor oil cans, frozen juices, mailing tubes and fiber drums)

Need base polymers and elastomers for your packaging applications?  Consider Escorene™ Ultra ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymers and Ethylene n-Butyl Acrylate (EnBA) copolymers.

Learn about the fundamentals of hot-melt adhesives.

Circular chart showing a example of a HMA-EVA adhesive formulation by percentage for use in packaging applications
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Escorez™ tackifiers provide light color, outstanding end-use performance, quality and consistency and an excellent balance of adhesion and cohesion properties.