A Critical Component
Real Role of Adhesive in Beverage Production
Risk to See Adhesive As an Invisible Detail
The first noticed when a factory is entered into the production facility is often the conveyors running lines, filling machines, labeling systems and high speed. Production continuity, capacity and quality are often evaluated through these equipment.
Adhesives are often considered to be a natural part of these systems; it is seen as a consumable material, which is quietly running, in questionable and called “tutkal”.
Yet adhesives in actual production conditions are a critical process component that directly affects the stability of the line. From labeling to arm closure, from secondary packaging to pallet stabilization, it can lead to a correct non-select adhesive line postures, quality problems, deterioration of packaging integrity and indirect cost increases.
What Does Regulations Change?
Packaging Regulations are now evaluating the packaging as a functional system, not only through single components. This system approach carries out adhesives that are mostly in the background directly to the agenda center.
No matter how sustainable the materials selected for label, arm or secondary packaging, all of the packaging is questionable in terms of regulation, in case of the adhesives holding these materials together.
The most important result of this change is: Adhesives have now become a technical parameter that determines the regulation compliance of the packaging, not only a “patten” component.
System Approach of Powers Adhesive
Powers Adhesive stands out not as a consumables, but as a full bonding system. The brand is one of the rare manufacturers that not only produce adhesives, but also design how these adhesives should be applied.
Application temperature up to the chemical structure of the adhesive, open time, dosage and application method are also an integral part of the process.
The transfer of this system approach to the field in the Republic of Turkey and the Turkic Republics is carried out by Manstechnic Life Technology, the only authorized distributor of the brand.
Biodegradable and Compostable Concepts
“biodegradable” and “commailble” concepts are increasingly used in the packaging world. However, the prevalence of these terms brought together an important concept.
Biodegradable adhesive can have the potential to break by microorganisms under certain conditions. The concept of Compostable is based on much more clear and measurable criteria.
For this reason, it should be clearly defined in which packaging format of the product, in which dosage and which process conditions can be used in order to correspond to the field of sustainability claims.
Conclusion
The beverage sector will face more stringent regulations, more transparent audits and more ambitious sustainability targets in the coming period.
Although adhesives are rated as an element that does not appear for a long time and is not questioned, today a decisive role in the regulation compliance of the packaging is undertaken.
Rethink glue in the changing packaging world; not only a technical preference, production continuity, regulation compliance and long-term competitiveness have become a strategic decision.