For more than a decade, price trends for the ethylene by-products used for manufacturing adhesive raw materials generally trended with feedstock prices. However, the continued rise in raw material costs despite improving trends in the energy and petrochemicals arena has brought greater focus to examine why. Raw material prices for all adhesive grades are substantially [...]
Innovation Drives the Future of Flexible Packaging
Our flexible packaging symposium, Focus Forward, hosted last week at our corporate headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota was truly focused on innovation. This highly successful event brought H.B. Fuller representatives together with 50 converters and editors from industry trade publications to learn about our new adhesive innovations and laminating technologies, and collectively discuss where flexible [...]
Demonstrating Our Focus on Innovation and Sustainability in Asia
Last week, H.B. Fuller and our subsidiary partner, Adalis Packaging, co-exhibited at China Brew and Beverage, Asia’s largest beverage show held every two years since 1995 in Beijing. With China’s beverage industry experiencing double digital growth during the last decade and mounting concern about the environmental impact of packaging, this show was an important opportunity [...]
Focused on Knowledge and Solutions for Flexible Packaging
I am very excited to have joined H.B. Fuller as a member of the North America Flexible Packaging team. Our team greatly enhanced our capabilities this year by installing a production-scale Nordmeccanica Super Combi 3000 Laminator to help our flexible packaging customers improve their processes and products. The Nordmeccanica Laminator offers our customers the opportunity [...]
Smart Innovation Takes the Stage at EXPO PACK 2010
For 25 years, EXPO PACK has been serving the Latin American packaging and processing industries, bringing exhibitors like H.B. Fuller together with packaging manufacturers who want to learn about the latest innovations to enhance their products and performance. This year, 25,000 attendees from more than 25 countries and 700 exhibitors are expected to congregate June [...]
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