Smartcure Technology From Henkel Achieves Cure and Regulatory Compliance in 3 Days

With Smart Cure, Henkel’s new unique curing technology offered in a new line of solventless polyurethane adhesives, bond development and food safety compliance are both achieved in a very short time. Compliance testing performed using 3% acetic acid is the most stringent, worst case scenario to meet the FDA regulations. Smart Cure adhesives meet the dual needs of physical performance and regulatory compliance for food safety in less than three days for the majority of structures, compared to the many weeks required by conventional systems.

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Sustainable In-Line Foil-Like Effect with UV Curable MiraFoil®

The majority of the mirror-like, high-brilliance silver color finishes are being done with vacuum metallized films, metallized film lamination to paperboards (also know as “foil laminated boards”, “foil board”) or foil transferring processes (hot foil stamp and cold foil transfer). The resulting packaging and display materials from these three main routes are brilliant, eye-catching, and serve the purpose of shelf appeal to the consumer. Besides their visual effect, some metallized packages also provide additional barrier properties and anti-counterfeit brand security functions. However, from the sustainable packaging prospective these conventional options create a significant amount of processing waste or create waste that is very difficult to recycle. In the wake of the “Sustainable Packaging” green movement, UV-curable MiraFoil® provides an alternative “in-line” foil solution with excellent metallic effects, minimum or no capital investment, and cost-effective economics.

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