Name: Custom Formulated Adhesives
Brand: Cattie Adhesives

If a stock grade will not hold, we custom formulate. Chemists work with your technical and production staff. Over 500 water-based and hot melt formulations. Hot melt, water-based, cohesive, heat seal, PUR, PSA.

Capabilities include FDA direct food contact grades, water-filter grades, UL-approved hot melt, UV-indicator hot melts, and cap-liner and heat-seal lidding hot melts.

When custom formulate is the right call

Use this path when a stock grade is close but fails on the line: wrong open time, peel, shear, or service temperature; a new substrate pair (film-to-foil, UV-coated board, LSE plastic, foam); a competitive match you need to equal or beat; or a special feature (food-contact, filter media, UV detectability, induction/torque seal) that stock grades do not cover. If a stock grade product already fits, start there — we still sample and tune.

Chemistries we formulate

Same families as the product line. Open the chemistry page for stock grades; come here when you need a match or a custom product that is not on the table.

Hot melt — EVA, metallocene, APAO; case/carton, woodworking, filters, assembly. See hot melt adhesives.
Water-based — PVA, acrylic, copolymer, remoisten-able, laminating. See water based adhesives.
Cohesive / cold seal — natural or synthetic latex. See cohesive adhesives.
Pressure sensitive (PSA) — water-based, solvent, hot melt, or UV-cured PSA. See pressure sensitive adhesives.
PUR hot melt and liquid PUR — reactive moisture-cure for panels, wood, assembly. See PUR hot melt and liquid PUR.
Heat seal — hot melt, water-based, or solvent heat-seal coatings for lidding and flexible packaging. See heat seal adhesives.
Barrier coatings — when the job is coat + barrier, not only bond. See barrier coatings.

What we tune

Viscosity for your coater, wheel, slot die, spray, or melt tank; open time and set speed; wet tack and green strength; peel, loop tack, and shear; service temperature (freezer through high heat); clarity and color; remoisten-able vs permanent vs removable; adhesion to paper, board, film, foil, foam, wood, metal, and plastics (including LSE — confirm). The match gets a grade after lab and line trial.

Specialty products we already run

FDA approved grades for food packaging; water-filter media grades; UL-approved hot melt for insulation/HVAC where specified; UV / black-light indicator hot melts for coat-weight checks; cap-liner and heat-seal lidding hot melts for induction and torque seal. For rollstock coating of a custom chemistry, see our adhesive coating services.

Grades we already run

Stock grades already offered on the chemistries pages. Open the linked page for full notes and SDS requests. A custom or specialty product grade may start from one of these stock products or as a new product formula after lab and line trial.

Hot melt

9761 — UL-approved for insulation / HVAC
9195 — automotive assembly (GM 998 5676)
8159 — heat-seal lidding (extrusion / gravure / slot die)
Cap liner — induction seal and torque seal
8403UV — UV / black-light indicator
8599 — polyester, chemical resistance
8280, 8365 — metallocene freezer grades (low app temp)
8309, 8341, 9028 — metallocene premium / high heat resistance

Full table: hot melt adhesives.

Water-based

8223 — cohesive, furniture wrap
8241 — WB acrylic PSA (also listed on PSA)
8252 — laminating, corrugated / litho
8272 — folding carton, coated / UV stock
8275 — resin/dextrin laminating
8281 — glue lap or laminating
8288 — padding
8297 — remoisten-able envelope seal
8364 — core winding

Full table: water based adhesives.

Pressure sensitive (PSA)

8241 — WB acrylic PSA
8250 — masking tapes
8299 — foams, films, foils
9195A — PSA hot melt, automotive interior
9810 — PSA hot melt, packing slips / security bags

Full table: pressure sensitive adhesives.

PUR

8600 — fast tack PUR hot melt (cabinets / steel / woods / EPS)
8463 — high green strength (RV panels)
8493 — long open time (EPS foam)
8730 — cold liquid PUR (also on liquid PUR page)
PUR-Purge-1000 — purge compound

Full tables: PUR hot melt · liquid PUR.

Cohesive / cold seal

8209, 8217 — wrappers / medical bandages
8221, 8223 — furniture wrap
8222 — bubble wrap

Full table: cohesive adhesives.

Heat seal & barrier

8215 — low-heat reseal, PET/foils
8240 — food packaging, non-blocking
8300 — yogurt lidding
8347 — flexible heat seal
8362 — polyester films / extrusion laminating
8244 E, 8740, 8741, 8751, 8754 — barrier coating grades

Full tables: heat seal adhesives · barrier coatings.

Where custom grades land on the plant floor

Packaging and converting (case/carton, glue lap, laminating, labeling); flexible packaging and lidding; labels, tapes, and protective films; woodworking, furniture, and panel work; bookbinding; filter manufacturing; foam and product assembly; peel-and-reseal and specialty seals. Application detail: packaging, woodworking, product assembly, filter manufacturing, bookbinding.

What to send for a custom match

Substrate (both sides) or a sample of each face; competitive grade or current adhesive if any; coat weight or bead size; applicator type and line speed; open time and fixture/clamp window; service temperature and whether the bond must be permanent, removable, freezer, or high-heat; failure mode (peel, shear, open time, contamination, blocking). Lab checks on viscosity, tack, peel, shear, and related tests are available — see adhesive lab testing. Field help and competitive matches: technical support.