Bostik launched Kizen LIME - a new range of packaging adhesives

In a unique and successful collaboration across the value chain, Bostik, Dow and Nordson are offering a new adhesive solution for End of Line packaging that is helping reduce pressure on fossil resources. It is designed for recyclable paper/cardboard packing the Fast Moving Consumer Goods.

Bostik is very excited to announce the launch of Kizen™ LIME, an innovative, and proprietary formulation made with a minimum of 80% renewable ingredients (with a combination of bio-based materials certified by EN 16640:2017 and bio-circular materials certified by ISCC PLUS). Kizen™ LIME also provides high performances in mileage, adhesion and energy savings.

AFFINITY™ RE from Dow has been instrumental in enabling Kizen™ LIME to reach almost 100% carbon footprint avoidance when including biogenic carbon uptake, owing to an attractive by-product from food industry.

Applied at low temperature with the ProBlue™ Flex Melters from Nordson, Kizen™ LIME provides additional significant energy and costs savings compared to other adhesives, in particular conventional fully fossil-based adhesives used with former melter generations. Nordson Adhesive Dispensing Systems are known for their ultra-precise dispensing accuracy, reliability and efficiency, making them essential for automatic packaging lines. Key products include the ProBlue Flex Melter and MiniBlue II Slim Applicators, both of which are engineered for longevity, they reduce downtime and maintenance costs. Customers who integrate advanced Nordson technologies into their packaging line increase their efficiency and support their sustainability goals to reduce environmental impacts.

Kizen™ packaging products are hotmelts with 100% solid content and free of both solvent and water. They are designed to provide a tamper-evident sealing by fiber tearing of cardboard packaging. The consumer gets the confirmation, by the seal, that the packaging has not been opened since it was closed at the brand owner’s plant.

Kizen™ fulfills the most demanding requirements of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods for adhesives. It can contribute to lowering carbon footprint of our Customers, while still complying with the most advanced safety standards and best in class efficiency for brand owners and industrial partners.

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