Bostik | Industrial

Do you know Bostik’s functional coatings are compatible with:   ✅ Both food and non-food flexible packaging applications, including bags and pouches   ✅ Gravure and flexographic coating stations      Bostik offers waster-based and solvent-based haptic coatings and primers to address your functional coating needs. Learn how we can help provide you high performance and efficient processing by contacting a Bostik expert: https://bit.ly/43ioFED  

A warm welcome to our new Dow colleagues! 🌍 On December 2nd, 2024, we proudly welcomed over 280 talented employees from Dow’s flexible packaging laminating adhesives business into the Arkema family. With teams located across the globe, this acquisition reinforces our leadership in the strategic flexible packaging market, serving industries such as food, healthcare, and manufacturing. 🌟 More than just a milestone, this is about people—bringing together expertise, innovation, and shared values to achieve sustainable growth and drive new opportunities. 💡 Welcome aboard, and here’s to a promising future! 🎉

Bostik, Arkema’s adhesive solutions segment, will now offer certain product lines that previously were under Dow’s laminating adhesives and coatings business. These will be the same quality products but with Bostik’s local, hands-on, technical expertise. We sat down with Bostik’s Tim Pione, Vice President of Bostik’s Global Advanced Packaging and Converting Business, to learn about this acquisition and what it means for you: https://lnkd.in/gAyfzxZs  

Still have time to meet our experts at Adhesives & Bonding Expo Europe! 🚀 Discover Bostik's numerous adhesive technologies for various markets such as automotive interior, consumer electronics and technical foam! 📍Hall 1 – Booth 912, messe stuttgart 📅 3-5 December 2024 Don’t miss the conferences by our experts: 👉 Afternoon panel:  Breaking Through Limitations of Sustainable Alternative Adhesives on 4 December at 14:00 by Helena Cheminet, R&D director 👉Morning Panel: Replacing Mechanical Fasteners with Structural Adhesives in Automotive on 5 December at 11:30 by Benoît Perrier, Global Automotive Director and Nathalie Parent, Global BD Manager structural technologies 🛎 Want to book a meeting with our experts: https://lnkd.in/erkQfMwz

Do you know how Bostik can serve you as a one-stop-shop supplier for smart cards? Our range of adhesives that includes UV epoxies, epoxy resins and electronic conductive adhesives (ECA) can help you achieve:      ✅ Chip encapsulation for glob top and dam & fill   ✅ Electrical contact chip-antenna      Learn more about our range of smart card solutions here: https://lnkd.in/dUWniW8g   

Our YouTube channel is moving! Starting in 2025, our videos will be located on the global Bostik channel, providing you with a new and improved location to find important information about our adhesive solutions across markets!     Subscribe to the global Bostik YouTube channel now to ensure you don’t miss out on new content: https://lnkd.in/gtfwqnE8

DO YOU KNOW: Bostik offers an adhesive solution to eliminate blushing in reseal packaging and preserve package integrity and food freshness! Check out our on-demand webinar to learn about:    ✅ How blushing negatively impacts your reseal packaging  ✅ The right adhesive that eliminates the problem  ✅ Recommendations on how to implement this adhesive on your production line    Register to access the on-demand webinar here: https://lnkd.in/gu7QFWrj 

ANNOUNCEMENT: Effective December 2, 2024, Dow’s laminating adhesives and coatings business is part of Bostik, the adhesive solutions segment of Arkema! As Arkema’s latest acquisition, it allows Bostik to be a full range, flexible materials supplier at a global and regional scale. Read more about this acquisition here: https://lnkd.in/gKJ3FUeG

Graphics and specialty films on difficult-to-bond surfaces - such as industrial containers, vehicle wraps, and reflective signs - are prone to shrinkage due to constant exposure to weather elements. To address this challenge, Bostik Aroset™ 951071 is designed to overcome any adhesion challenges of these applications by providing: ✅ Robust cohesion on uneven surfaces with low-energy ✅ High vinyl shrinkage resistance ✅ High resistance against leaching and migration of plasticiser ✅ Long-lasting durability and resistance against harsh weathering conditions 🔗 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gtJmnKc7 #AttachedToYourWorld #Graphics #SpecialtyFilms #BostikIndustrial

Have you considered manufacturing durable labels instead of commodity labels? Read this infographic to learn why commodity labels are limiting and how durable labels can enable you to provide safety messaging for a range of end-use applications with specific requirements.       You can also read this blog post to learn how durable label manufacturing can offer cost-effectiveness like commodity labels: https://lnkd.in/gGTzb7QR