In recent years, packaging converters in the food, pharma, cosmetics and other consumer and industrial markets are readily adopting sustainable materials as they seek to stay in step with the continuous push for greener end-products by industry, regulatory bodies and consumers alike.

To address this growing trend, Toyo-Morton Ltd., a Japan’s leading manufacturer of laminating adhesives and a member of the Toyo Ink Group, has developed the ECOAD EA-B3860/EA-B1290, a high-solids solvent-based adhesive for use in the dry lamination of multilayered films in flexible packaging structures.

Containing over 40% coating solids by weight, the new formulations contain less solvent and thus brings down overall CO2 emissions during lamination by roughly 25% when compared to the company’s general-purpose laminating adhesives.

High-solids design reduces CO2 emissions during coating by about 25%.

The high-solids design also leads to less waste recovery and disposal for greater operational efficiencies and a cleaner work environment. Moreover, the new ECOAD systems were formulated with bio-based or renewable content of 10% by weight at the dried adhesive layer, making them a more eco-friendly alternative in packaging materials.

Typically, increasing the solids content causes the viscosity of the coating adhesive to increase, which can impair coating performance and degrade various physical properties.

Toyo-Morton, by applying its proprietary polymer design technology, is able to eliminate these tradeoffs and achieve both high solids content and a bio-based content, without compromising on performance.

“With the new ECOAD laminating adhesive systems, we were able to respond to our customers’ requirements for reduced use of hazardous chemicals at the raw materials sourcing stage and for improved processing efficiency, while actively applying renewable raw materials to the extent possible,” told Satoshi Maeda, general manager of Toyo-Morton’s technical department.

ECOAD EA-B3860/EA-B1290 systems have been certified with the “Biomass Mark” by the Japan Organics Recycling Association, which evaluates and certifies products using biomass resources.

In recent years, packaging converters in the food, pharma, cosmetics and other consumer and industrial markets are readily adopting sustainable materials as they seek to stay in step with the continuous push for greener end-products by industry, regulatory bodies and consumers alike.

To address this growing trend, Toyo-Morton Ltd., a Japan’s leading manufacturer of laminating adhesives and a member of the Toyo Ink Group, has developed the ECOAD EA-B3860/EA-B1290, a high-solids solvent-based adhesive for use in the dry lamination of multilayered films in flexible packaging structures.

Containing over 40% coating solids by weight, the new formulations contain less solvent and thus brings down overall CO2 emissions during lamination by roughly 25% when compared to the company’s general-purpose laminating adhesives.

High-solids design reduces CO2 emissions during coating by about 25%.

The high-solids design also leads to less waste recovery and disposal for greater operational efficiencies and a cleaner work environment. Moreover, the new ECOAD systems were formulated with bio-based or renewable content of 10% by weight at the dried adhesive layer, making them a more eco-friendly alternative in packaging materials.

Typically, increasing the solids content causes the viscosity of the coating adhesive to increase, which can impair coating performance and degrade various physical properties.

Toyo-Morton, by applying its proprietary polymer design technology, is able to eliminate these tradeoffs and achieve both high solids content and a bio-based content, without compromising on performance.

“With the new ECOAD laminating adhesive systems, we were able to respond to our customers’ requirements for reduced use of hazardous chemicals at the raw materials sourcing stage and for improved processing efficiency, while actively applying renewable raw materials to the extent possible,” told Satoshi Maeda, general manager of Toyo-Morton’s technical department.

ECOAD EA-B3860/EA-B1290 systems have been certified with the “Biomass Mark” by the Japan Organics Recycling Association, which evaluates and certifies products using biomass resources.