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Product Feature: ASP-3020

Increase your packaging performance with a versatile hot melt. ASP-3020 exhibits excellent bonds on a wide variety of board and coated chip stock, also demonstrating great adhesion to recycled stock. This adhesive exhibits aggressive tack, which is important in applications where short compression sections are encountered. ASP-3020 is FDA-compliant for indirect food contact, resulting in

By |2020-05-05T14:15:05-04:00November 26th, 2014|Products|

Hot Melts 101: EVA

When we talk about hot melts, there are several types of hot melts that make up this broad category of adhesives.  Each hot melt has its own unique chemistry that offers specific characteristics to benefit your application. One of the most common hot melt adhesives found in packaging and converting operations is ethylene vinyl acetate

By |2020-05-05T14:17:16-04:00November 26th, 2014|Hot Melts 101|

Q&A: Behind Technical Service

What are the different ways technical service is involved with customers? Technical service often gets involved with the customer’s process to initially help make product recommendations based on the process and application. Anytime a new adhesive is identified for a customer, technical service is on site during an adhesive trial to ensure the product performs

By |2020-05-05T14:20:09-04:00November 19th, 2014|Adhesive Articles, Support|

Adhesive Tips for Cold Weather

Fall is in full swing and temperatures are dropping. These colder temperatures can affect your hot melt and water-based adhesive applications and bonds, so we’ve compiled some solutions for these common problems. Using Hot Melts Low temperatures increase adhesive viscosity, which can cause messy stringing during hot melt application. But with a few adjustments, you

By |2017-06-08T10:49:03-04:00November 19th, 2014|Adhesive Articles, Support|

Q&A: Inside the RSI Lab

We sat down with our Technical Service Chemist, Gabby Leeds, to learn more about the lab at RS Industrial: 1. How does the RSI lab benefit customers? The lab is really used for three main functions: Quality Analysis, Product Recommendations, and R&D. With quality analysis, we are able to give peace of mind to the

By |2019-02-06T16:53:46-05:00October 21st, 2014|Adhesive Articles, Support|

What Defines Sustainable Packaging?

Sustainability is a current hot topic within any industry. Companies desire to provide more sustainable products and adopt more sustainable business operations. With this in mind, packaging is an issue that has come to the forefront and must be considered in any company’s sustainability game plan. But what is considered sustainable packaging? According to the

By |2016-06-29T14:11:19-04:00October 3rd, 2014|Adhesive Articles, Sustainability|
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