Adhesive raw materials

We innovate to make your adhesives stick. With our dispersions, resins and additives as well as technical expertise, we support customers in developing environmentally friendly high performance adhesives.

Our portfolio of acrylic emulsion polymers, styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) emulsion polymers, and ultraviolet (UV) curable acrylic hot melt polymers can be used to produce high performance labels, tapes and graphic arts in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.

From solvent free to water-based emulsions, our products are becoming more sustainable while still offering high performance results in many adhesive applications. In addition to base dispersions, we also offer fully formulated “coater-ready” dispersions to meet customer specifications.

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Sustainable mindset and chemistries help drive adhesive solutions.

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Applications

Labels
Tapes
Graphic Films
LASD
Lamination

Blue label roll isolated on white background with shadow reflection. Color reel of labels for printers. Labels for direct thermal or thermal transfer printing. Blue stickers.

Water based emulsions and UV acrylic hotmelts for adhesive applications.

Water based emulsions and UV acrylic hotmelts for adhesive applications.

Paper labels in our portfolio provide extensive flexibility encompassing cold temperature, general purpose, recyclable, permanent, and removable adhesive options.

Filmic labels offer excellent clarity, sustainability, and water whitening resistance, while also enabling dimensional stability, low VOC, smoothness, anchorage to low surface energy (LSE) substrates, chemical and moisture resistance, and wettability.

Products:

Kinesiology taping treatment with blue and pink tape on athlete patient injured knee. Woman hands apply kinesio treatment after sports muscle injury.

Water based emulsions and UV acrylic hotmelts for adhesive applications.

Water based emulsions and UV acrylic hotmelts for adhesive applications.

Our adhesive portfolio offers wide versatility of applications depending on the type of adhesive that you are looking for. Specialty tapes have a greater focus on sustainability while still offering key performance attributes to its respective utilizations.

Aside from the increasing sustainability measures, these products have high coat weight, high performance, fast drying, and anchorage to a wide variety of substrates. BASF UV hotmelt and water-based technologies can often replace conventional solvent-based adhesives.

Products:

Adding seal Machine Tape, Sewing Item, Seal - Stamp package

Water based emulsions and UV acrylic hotmelts for adhesive applications.

Water based emulsions and UV acrylic hotmelts for adhesive applications.

BASF’s adhesives for graphic applications offer a more sustainable solution compared to solvent technologies. Our portfolio offers key performance attributes critical to the graphics industry such as water whitening resistance, plasticizer migration resistance, UV resistance, and low shrinkage.

Products:

Water based emulsions for automotive applications.

Water based emulsions for automotive applications.

Robotically applied sprayable acoustic coatings satisfy light-weighting goals, reduced labor costs, and are overall the most cost-effective vehicle damping treatment. BASF’s portfolio is a popular choice in the automotive space, as well as in acoustic treatment applications for appliances, home construction, flooring, and more.

Products:

Chips and snacks on shelf at supermarket, suitable for mockup and new graphic design packagings solutions.

Laminating Adhesives - Water based emulsions for rigid and flexible packaging applications

BASF water-based laminating adhesives are focused on sustainability and are particularly suitable for recyclable or compostable packaging constructions. They are appropriate for both rigid and flexible packaging applications, requiring high green yield strength, and can be formulated further to meet specific customer needs. Compostable grades are suitable for compostable films such as PLA, PBA, paper, cellophane, EcoFlex, and Ecovio.

Products:

Car wrapping specialist putting vinyl foil or film on car for protection. Selective focused - film effected

Technical Lamination - Water based emulsions for non-packaging applications

BASF technical lamination adhesives are appropriate for applications outside of printing and packaging, requiring high heat resistance, high green strength, and high cohesion. Typical applications include automotive, furniture, footwear, and contact/foam bonding adhesives, and substrates such as wood, metal, glass, leather, foil, and rubber.

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kinesiology taping - physical therapist applying kinesiotape on injured patient shoulder. copy space

The Clear Choice for Demanding Tape and Label Applications

The Clear Choice for Demanding Tape and Label Applications

When it comes to resistance, safety, and versatility, acResin®️ is one of the most novel adhesive solutions on the market. It has very low TVOC emissions and can be very cost effective from a processing standpoint, as it uses UV light instead of thermal ovens to cure.

Green packaging template for your design. In different angles on a white background.

Compostability: The Next Big Trend in Flexible Packaging

Compostability: The Next Big Trend in Flexible Packaging

With the right chemistry, it’s possible to create flexible packaging solutions that are fully compostable, reducing waste and strain on recycling facilities.

Electric cars charging at a charging station. 3d rendering.

LASD: Creating a Quiet EV Ride

LASD: Creating a Quiet EV Ride

As climate concerns raise and in turn electric vehicles become more common, liquid applied sound damping is a key solution to structure-borne noise that arises in these cars, especially at higher speeds.