By Patric Scheidner

Corporate Vice President Global Head of Aviation, Space, Rail

Film and paste adhesives, wet peel-ply and potting compounds enable the aviation industry to utilize advanced materials that contribute to lightweighting, more efficient designs, and improved sustainability.

Introduced in the 1990s in footwear industry, Polyurethane Reactive Hotmelt Adhesive, so called PUR or PURHM, to react with moisture in the air and creates strong crosslinks, which enable them to deliver excellent bonding characteristics and durability. In adhesive technologies, PUR hotmelt is the popular solution for bonding applications relating to packaging and woodworking. 

Making processes more efficient and sustainable – this is the aim that guides Henkel, as a leading adhesive manufacturer, in its ongoing development of new solutions.

Improving packaging performance and decreasing downtime on production lines.

Newly launched range of adhesives and coatings enables improved packaging recycling Together with its partners ExxonMobil, Borealis and Saperatec, Henkel’s experts are excited to present their new solutions for packaging applications at the K trade fair on October 16 to 23, 2019 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

What is innovation? In today’s competitive landscape, innovation must move beyond just being new to being something consequentially transformative.

Silicone-based chemistry formulations are used throughout electronic applications, and for good reason.