Your Trusted Provider for Custom Paper Converting Adhesive Solutions

At APPLIED Adhesives, we know that each paper-converting application is unique. We have water-based and hot melt adhesives for every job—whether you mount or laminate, convert folding cartons or corrugated boxes, create business forms, envelopes, or direct mail pieces. Not all paper is created equal. Let our team find the right adhesive for your specific paper converting requirements.

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Direct Mail Adhesives

APPLIED Adhesives can be your single direct mail adhesives source for the following pressroom needs:

Water-based and hot melt adhesives for remoistenable (convection air and IR dryable), lamination, pocket-/closed-end mailer, and spine applications.
Water-based repositionable, microsphere adhesives (Post-It adhesives)
EVA-based and pressure-sensitive hot melt adhesives for spine gluing applications.
Full range of low-stain fugitive hot melts based on specific release needs.
Cold-seal adhesives for lamination and pocket-/closed-end mailers.
UV scratch-off (gold and silver coatings) with custom, compatible release coatings.
Full range of aesthetic and functional water-based and UV coatings covering the full scope of wide web heat set, narrow web flexo, sheet fed, and digital press applications.
Our GATF award-winning integrated label technology for producing in-line finished pressure sensitive adhesive labels, stickers, and fully in-line finished security envelopes utilizing pressure sensitive water-based or hot melt adhesives (both general purpose permanent, laser grade, freezer grade, and repositionable adhesives) and compatible UV or heat-set silicone coatings.

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Folding Carton & Corrugated Glued Lap

APPLIED Adhesives is a full-service distributor with a vast portfolio of folding carton and glued lap adhesives formulated to meet your company’s unique needs. APPLIED understands your challenges as a folding carton convertor. The right speed, clean machining, and the proper adhesive are critical for trouble-free production. APPLIED Adhesives offers products for contact extrusion, non-contact extrusion, or roll-applied applications. Contact our team to learn how we can help you find the right adhesive for your application.

Bookbinding

The experts at APPLIED Adhesives have extensive knowledge in the graphic arts industry. From high-end coffee table books utilizing PUR adhesives, to magazines utilizing EVA-based adhesives, press pasting, side gluing, and casing-in; we have the expertise in adhesive chemistry to make the best recommendation for your adhesive needs.

We are well-versed in the bookbinding process—from one- or two-shot perfect binding softcover books to high-quality, burst-bound, or Smyth-sewn hardcovers. We also feature a complete product line ranging from EVA hot melts to PUR adhesives for perfect binding, to pressure sensitive hot melts for side gluing, and water-based adhesives for case-bound hardcover books. Leverage our in-house lab to evaluate your page pulls and flex values. Contact us for a free analysis.

Litho Lamination

APPLIED Adhesives offers a complete portfolio of water-based adhesives with a proven track record in various litho-lamination applications. When you need to adhere high-quality printed images to a corrugated sheet or other inflexible substrates, we can provide an adhesive with the appropriate viscosity and chemistry for your application.

Tape and Label

From general-purpose and pharmaceutical labels, to construction tapes and road-marking tapes, APPLIED Adhesives can provide you with the best adhesive solution for your application. Whether you need general purpose permanent, freezer-grade, an extended information label system or repositionable pressure-sensitive, APPLIED is ready to help. We can make recommendations based on your end-use requirements that focus on product performance and production speed enhancement—improving your entire production process.

UV & Water-Based Coatings

We offer a complete product line of water-based and UV coatings covering the full gamut of aesthetic and functional adhesive applications. Knowing the integrated relationship between coatings and adhesives, as well as the ability to stock these two technologies, APPLIED can be your single source for specialty UV and water-based coatings including:

UV, WATER-BASED AESTHETIC and FUNCTIONAL COATINGS
UV GLITTER COATINGS
UV PEARLESCENCE COATINGS
UV TEXTURED and TACTILE COATINGS
UV INK RECEPTIVE/WRITABLE and GLUEABLE COATINGS
UV and WATER-BASED SOFT TOUCH COATINGS
UV METALLIC/REFLECTIVE COATINGS
UV SCRATCH-OFF COATINGS
UV THERMOCHROMIC COATINGS
UV GLOW IN THE DARK COATINGS
UV and WATER-BASED DIGITAL GLOSS and MATTE COATINGS
UV RELEASE COATINGS
UV LAMINATING ADHESIVES

Lab Testing

Have a challenge with coatings? Experiencing field failures or issues with staining or coating weights? Our adhesive experts can help. We offer full analytical lab capabilities for your paper converting process that can identify the root cause of your issue. Our adhesive specialists will work with you to recommend the best adhesive for your custom application.

Full internal analytical capabilities (Located in Minnetonka, MN)
Qualitative / Physical Testing
Troubleshooting
Product comparison of substrates

We can also help you manage adhesive usage by making recommendations based on current product needs. If you are considering a new adhesive, APPLIED offers a pilot testing process allowing you to test a product for durability and quality, ensuring that the selected adhesive meets your needs. Once a suitable solution is agreed upon, you can have confidence that a line demonstration will have minimal impact on your production.

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