Performance Additives For Adhesives

Even on dissimilar surfaces and/or low surface energy substrates, A-C performance additives help your hot melt formulation achieve greater adhesion strength. Whether the surface is polypropylene (PP), polycarbonate (PC), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or coated and uncoated kraft cardboard, A-C performance additives are designed to improve your product’s ability to adhere to virtually any surface.

These additives also reduce the viscosity of your formulation, which helps to improve adhesion and wetting on the substrate. A-C performance additives even boost your hot melt’s ability to adhere to substrates at freezer temperatures.

With their ability to lower the viscosity of your formulation, A-C performance additives help to reduce your batch mixing times. They also decrease your product’s set time, which means your adhesive customers can boost their productivity.

By reducing the viscosity of your formulation, A-C performance polymers lower its application temperature, which improves application speed and reduces energy costs. This also improves the formulation’s adhesion to heat sensitive substrates, such as plastic, without affecting its heat resistance performance.

To improve Heat Resistance, when your customers’ specifications call for a heat resistant hot melt, A-C performance additives can be used to elevate the softening point of your formulation. This will help to ensure your product can withstand higher temperatures.

A-C performance additives feature a unique ability to hold oils that can bleed from your adhesive, which helps to maintain the strength of the adhesive and preserves the aesthetics of paper and labelling. They can also reduce plasticizer bleeding from PVC films, preventing the adhesive from softening which could lead to adhesive failure.