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PRESS RELEASE

Morchem North American President to Present Latest Advances in Laminating Adhesives at PACK EXPO

Adhesive Innovations Improve Packaging Recyclability, Performance And Manufacturing Efficiency

Pleasant Prairie, WI – August 22, 2023 – MORCHEM, an innovative manufacturer of adhesives and coatings committed to the circular plastics economy, will present technologies at PACK EXPO Las Vegas which the company has developed to reduce material and energy usage in the laminating process. Morchem President Michael Reed will lead the educational session, titled “Laminate With Less,” on Tuesday, September 12, at 12 p.m. at the Processing Innovation Stage.

In this presentation, Morchem will highlight adhesive innovations that improve energy efficiency, reduce emissions and minimize post-production waste in flexible packaging. As a specialist in both solvent-free and solvent-based laminating adhesives, as well as functional coatings and ink binders, Morchem will demonstrate how new, higher performance adhesives and barrier coatings can reduce scrap during the production process and enhance monomaterial films to improve the recyclability of flexible packaging.

“The industry needs new, forward-thinking solutions to reduce the environmental impact of consumer packaging,” said Cristina Ventayol, Morchem Chief Commercial Officer.  “We have been working on some very exciting adhesive and coating innovations for high performance laminates, and we can’t wait to share our results with our colleagues in the U.S. at PACK EXPO.”

Achieving greater recyclability in flexible packaging has been a major hurdle for the packaging industry’s sustainability goals, in large part because of multimaterial structures that are too challenging for current recycling processes. Attendees of the presentation will learn how Morchem’s new barrier technologies improve the functionality and technical performance of monomaterial laminates to provide a clear path forward for fully recyclable packaging.

PACK EXPO visitors can also go to booth SU-7374 in the South Upper Hall to learn from Morchem experts how to save energy with fast-curing adhesives, reduce emissions with high-application solid content solutions and improve process efficiency with laminating solutions that eliminate bubble formation and visual defects.

“With the latest advancements in adhesive solutions and the monomaterial structures they support, the flexible packaging industry can set their sights on much improved recyclability,” Reed said. “But the key to achieving this quickly is collaboration along the value chain. We need to coordinate our development efforts to realize the full potential of adhesive innovation and monomaterial films that create fully recyclable structures with the high performance required of today’s packaging.”

Morchem’s educational session “Laminate With Less: Adhesives for Material & Energy Reduction” will be held at PACK EXPO on Tuesday, September 12 at 12 p.m. at the Processing Innovation Stage (N-10511) of the Las Vegas Convention Center. To learn more, visit Morchem at PACK EXPO at booth SU-7374 in the South Upper Hall, or visit www.packexpo.morchem.com.

About Morchem

 Morchem is an innovative manufacturer of adhesives and coatings for the flexible packaging industry. Focused on food safety and reducing waste at every step of the packaging process, Morchem collaborates with its customers to develop more sustainable, higher performance solutions for the most demanding packaging applications.

MORCHEM AT PACK EXPO LAS VEGAS

DISCOVER THE LATEST ADVANCES IN LAMINATING ADHESIVES

MORCHEM is pleased to announce its participation at PACK EXPO 2023, to be held in Las Vegas from 11 – 13 September.

Focused on food safety and reducing waste at every step of the packaging process, MORCHEM collaborates with our customers to develop new and more sustainable solutions for the most demanding packaging applications, which we will be pleased to present during the forthcoming exhibition.

Join us for our presentation “Laminate With Less – Adhesives For Material & Energy Reduction and learn about the packaging solutions that do more with less. We’ll demonstrate how our adhesive and coating innovations reduce energy and material usage while improving performance and recyclability. With solutions that support high-performance monomaterial packaging, we can take a big step toward a truly circular economy in flexible packaging.

12:00 p.m. – Tuesday, September 12

North Hall (N-10511) Processing Innovation Stage

Don’t miss it!

 

We look forward to welcoming you at our booth in the South Upper Hall!

 

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PROPAK 2023 – THE PREMIER PROCESSING & PACKAGING EXHIBITION OF ASIA

Bangkok, 14 – 17 June 2023

MORCHEM will be participating at PROPAK together with COMEXI, running lamination live demos with COMEXI solventless fast speed laminator SL2 Evolution using our innovative solvent free adhesive Morchem PL 2606 A + CF 60.

Lamination live demos twice a day: at 11:00 am and 3:00 pm – Don’t miss it!

You will be welcomed by our staff, who will inform you about our recent sustainable innovations for the flexible packaging industry.

Visit us at our stand AG45 in hall 101! We look forward to meeting you!

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MORCHEM EXHIBITOR AT ITMA 2023 – MILAN, ITALY

8 – 14 June 2023

ITMA, the world’s largest international textile and garment technology exhibition, will take place again between 8th and 14th June at Fiera Milano, in Milan, Italy where the textile and garment community will gather to interchange their experiences, technological advancements and functional solutions.

After the successful participation at ITMA 2019 in Barcelona, MORCHEM will be exhibiting again, and we will be glad to invite you to visit our booth # B207 in Hall 5 where you will be welcomed by our staff, who will inform you about our current innovations and share with you the best tips of our knowledge vault about the novel Polyurethane Reactive Hot Melt Adhesives.

We hope to welcome you at our booth and invite you to be part of the integrated Textiles and Garment Manufacturing Value Chain.

SPOTLIGHT TALKS & TRANDS AT INTERPACK

MORCHEM at the INTERPACK SPOTLIGHT FORUM on FRIDAY 5th MAY

Focus of the day on CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Don’t miss our presentation at the Spotlight Forum with our CCO Cristina Ventayol as speaker about “Innovative adhesives and coatings for sustainable solutions”.

The primary objective of these talks at Interpack is to explore the key aspects, issues and trends related to processing & packaging best practices and their application as business drivers for innovation and growth.

Our presentation will take place on the 5th of May at 11:15 – Don’t miss it!

MORCHEM AGAIN AT INTERPACK

After several cancellations due to the Corona pandemic, INTERPACK is now definitely taking place.

MORCHEM will be exhibiting at this important event and we would like to invite you to our booth D82 in Hall 10.

Throughout the trade show we will be doing live product demos twice a day with the BOBST NOVA SX 550 laminating machine using our new recyclable adhesive Morchem PL 2727 AR + CF 740 R.

Demos will take place daily at 11: a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Our team of experts will be there to explain you the sustainable packaging solutions we provide.

We look forward to welcoming you at our booth!

MORCHEM BECOMES PLATINUM MEMBER OF RECYCLASS

MORCHEM, a company fully committed to the Sustainability and Circular Plastics Economy, has recently joined Recyclass as a Platinum member. Thereby, besides other important benefits, MORCHEM is entitled to have representatives on the Advisory Board and the Tasking Force of PO films as adhesive producers.

RecyClass works on the development of scientific testing methods and the design of Recycling Guidelines. MORCHEM will be involved in this cross- industry initiative to advance in the plastic packaging recyclability.

Moreover, MORCHEM is working towards getting the Recyclass certification of a new solvent free adhesive that will be launched in the upcoming year.

47. MKVS ADHESIVES AND FINISHING SYMPOSIUM – MUNICH, 17-19 OCTOBER 2022

Participants at the MKVS-Symposium which took place beginning last week in Munich, Germany, were able to share knowledge and know-how, but also finally get back to face-to-face meetings.

Interesting conferences delivered information from latest machinery and processing innovations to novelty reactive hotmelt technologies as presented by our Technical Director Cristina Ventayol together with Albert Chicote from COMEXI.

The symposium was all in all a most rewarding event and we want to thank the MKVS-Team for the great organisation.

ATTENDING THE 47. MUNICH ADHESIVES & FINISHING SYMPOSIUM?

The Westin Grand Hotel München, 17 – 19 October

We are happy to announce that MORCHEM will be speaking at the MKVS-Symposium this year. Mrs. Cristina Ventayol, Technical Director at MORCHEM and Mr. Albert Chicote, Business Unit Director of Coatings & Lamination at COMEXI, will be sharing in their presentation all the best tips from their knowledge vault about “Novel Polyurethane Reactive Hotmelt Adhesive Technology for High-Speed Lamination”.

At MORCHEM’s table top we will be able to discuss our latest innovations on laminating adhesives and polyurethane reactive hotmelts, as well as emerging trends and common concerns.

We look forward to meeting you there!

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9TH SPECIALITY FILMS & FLEXIBLE PACKAGING GLOBAL SUMMIT IN MUMBAI

MORCHEM SPONSORING GOLD PARTNER

The 9th Global summit, held in Mumbai on 5th and 6th September has been a great success with over 1.600 attendees from 18 countries.

MORCHEM is happy for having again patronised this summit as Prestigious Gold Partner thus contributing to support this important event, officially considered the largest Packaging Summit of the World.