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Hot Melt Adhesive – Dot and Bead Cost

Cost of Hot Melt Per lb.DropSmall DotDime DotQuarter Dot
$2.00 / lb$0.0004 $0.00140 $0.0028 $0.007
$3.00 / lb $0.0006 $0.00215 $0.0042 $0.0105
$4.00 / lb $0.0008 $0.00290 $0.0056 $0.014
$5.00 / lb $0.0010 $0.00360 $0.0070 $0.0175
$6.00 / lb $0.0012 $0.00430 $0.0084 $0.021
Drop 5,000 / lbSmall Dot 1,428 / lbDime Dot 714 / lb Quarter Dot 285 / lb

Cost of Hot Melt Per lbBead
1/8" Wide
1 Foot Long 		Bead
1/4" Wide
1 Foot Long 		Bead
3/8" Wide
1 Foot Long 		Bead
1/2" Wide
1 Foot Long
$2.00 / lb$.0071$.0149$.0227 $.0307
$3.00 / lb$.0106$.0223$.0341 $.0461
$4.00 / lb$.0141$.0297 $.0455 $.0614
$5.00 / lb$.0176$.0372$.0569$.0768
$6.00 / lb$.0212$.0446$.0682$.0921
1/8" Bead 281 feet Per Pound1/4" Bead 134 feet Per Pound3/8" Bead 88 feet Per Pound1/2" Bead 65 feet Per Pound

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Laminating adhesive

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Cattie Adhesives is a US Manufacturer and Value-added supplier of Hot Melts, HMPSA, Water-Based Adhesives, Solvent-Based Adhesives, Heat Seal, PSA, PUR, Cohesive and Dextrin.

 

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Our Adhesive Applications Focus:

Acoustical Panel and Sound Proofing Adhesives
Barrier Coatings
Bookbinding Adhesives and Graphic Arts Adhesives
Brewery Packaging and Bottle Labeling Adhesives
Cabinet Assembly Adhesives
Contact Cements
Container Labeling Adhesives
Direct Mail Adhesives
Envelope Manufacturing Adhesives
Extrusion Adhesives
Flooring Adhesives
Heat Seal for Blister Packs
Heat Seal for Labels and Lidding
Hot Melt Adhesives for Filter Manufacturing
Insect Traps and Rodent Traps Adhesive
Laminating Adhesives
Non-woven Adhesives
Padding Adhesives
Paperboard and Packaging Adhesives
Product Assembly Adhesives
Spray-able Adhesives- water and Solvent based
Tape and Label Adhesives
Tissue, Towel, Tube & Core Winding Adhesives
Woodworking Adhesives

Our primary adhesive products and services include:

Our adhesive products and technical services are backed by the support of a team of dedicated Chemical Engineers, Adhesive Specialists and Customer Support Managers who have extensive knowledge and experience in the Adhesives industry.

For Help Choosing the best Adhesive for Your Application

Please Call us at 800-249-0337 – To Request a Product SDS, TDS, Pricing, Lead times, and to explore the many adhesive options we have to offer. We look forward to providing you with the adhesive that will maximize efficiency and profitability for your company.

Container Labeling Adhesives

Container Labeling Adhesives

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Cattie Adhesives manufactures a Full Line of Container Labeling Adhesives including Hot Melts, Water-Based Adhesives and Coatings for High Speed Container and Bottle Labeling applications.

Our hot melts and water based Adhesives are used for all types of Container and Bottle labeling requirements and can be custom formulated to meet specific application requirements for color, bond strength, heat resistance, or other performance standards.

All of our Labeling Adhesives for the food & beverage industry meet the requirements of the FDA Adhesives regulation: 21CFR175.105 Indirect Food Additives.

Our labeling adhesive products are used extensively across many industries and for many adhesive applications.

Our Hot Melts and Water based labeling adhesives can be made “Water-White” and are formulated to provide excellent adhesion to all types of substrates including difficult to bond Foils, Films, Metallized papers and UV coated papers.

Our adhesives are formulated for Pressure Sensitive Hot Melt labeling applications and water-based container labeling adhesive applications.

Our products offer excellent machining and superior bonding to all types of containers – including returnable bottles that need outstanding water, moisture/ice resistance to Low Energy Surfaces including PET, PP, or treated PE.

Labeling Adhesives

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Glass Bottle Labeling Adhesives:

    • Water-based, Casein/Zinc Free.
    • Excellent Clean-ability.
    • Ice-Proof.
    • Moisture and Water Resistant.
    • Over 6 months of shelf life.
    • Excellent Temperature & Viscosity Stability.
    • Use About 20% Less Adhesive vs. other brands.fiber_drum

Metal Container Labeling Adhesives:

    • Water-based and Hot Melt adhesive.
    • Lap Paste for Metal Cans.
    • Used for Paper Labels on wrap around applications.
    • Excellent Clean-ability.
    • Hot Fill, Cold Fill Labeling.

Plastic Bottle and Container Labeling Adhesives:

    • Pressure Sensitive Hot Melts and Water-based adhesives.5gal_pail
    • Clear, Excellent Run-ability, Clean Machining.
    • Strong bonds to Metallized Paper, BOPP, PET, HDPE, LDPE.
    • High Speed Labeling of Carbonated and Non-Carbonated Beverages.
    • Automatic non-contact hot melt dots application system.
    • Hot melts for Label “Pick Up” systems that use hot melt pick up wheel.
    • Hot Fill, Cold Fill Paper/Plastic Labeling.
    • Great for Wheel and Spray applications.
    • Used on Roll Fed and Cut and Stack type equipment.

Our Top Selling Water based Pressure Sensitive Label Adhesive:

 # 8641 – Pressure sensitive acrylic adhesive specifically designed for Label applications.

Suggested Uses • Label adhesive with excellent clarity • Excellent water resistance • Good adhesion to a wide variety of substrates Characteristics • Excellent adhesion to Glass, Plastics and many Low Surface Energy Substrates.  48 – 52% Solids, 50,000 – 70,000cps, Clear.

All of our Container & Bottle Labeling Adhesives have “No VOCs” and are Formulated to be FDA Compliant for Indirect Food Contact to meet the requirements of the FDA Adhesives regulation: 21CFR175.105 Indirect Food Additives.

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Envelope Manufacturing Adhesives

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Cattie Adhesives – Envelope Manufacturing Adhesives

Our Envelope manufacturing adhesives are formulated to meet a wide range of applications and equipment performance requirements.

We can custom formulate our envelope adhesives to meet your specific bonding needs: from long open-time, slow-setting contact applications to fast-setting extrusion adhesives.

Our products offer excellent machining and superior bonding to all types of natural and synthetic substrates – including –  papers, coated stocks and various Low Energy Surfaces including PET, PP, or treated PE.

OUR ENVELOPE MANUFACTURING ADHESIVES APPLICATIONS:

Front Seal Adhesive

Cattie Adhesives offers both water-based and hot melt Remoisten-able Front-Seal adhesives for a variety of application and performance requirements. Our Remoisten-able hot melts offer superior machining and block resistance under the most hot and humid climates.

Back Gum

Cattie Adhesives manufactures a full range of back gums and side seam adhesives for the slow open-end application to the fastest non-contact extrusion seam gum applications. Our products are designed for optimal machine application performance, and have excellent throwing resistance and gum box stability.

Side Seam

Cattie Adhesives supplies a full range of back gums and side seam adhesives for the slowest open-end application to the fastest non-contact extrusion seam gum application. Our products have excellent machine application performance, and have excellent throwing resistance and gum box stability.

Window Patch Gum

Cattie Adhesives manufactures a line of very low VOC patch gums, that also exhibit excellent gum box stability. Many of our patch gums are also excellent non-contact extrusion seam gums and can offer great cost savings to our envelope producer.

Pre-Applied Front Gum

In some cases, the front seal gum is activated by the end-user to seal the envelope.  We supply dextrin, resin, and resin-dextrin seal gums. Our front seal gums have excellent adhesion, re-tack speed, lay-flat, and humidity resistance.

Specialty Gums

Cattie Adhesives has a full line of specialty gums that includes natural rubber latex self-seal gums, synthetic resin self-seal gums, hot-melt PSA adhesives, hot-melt re-moisten adhesives,  and adhesives that will bond most natural or synthetic substrates.

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