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BROWSE BY ADHESIVE APPLICATION

Practical adhesive solutions. Responsive support.
Technical expertise. People who care.

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Packaging, Sealing & Box and Carton Manufacturing

Adhesive performance at the final stages of production can determine whether the package—and everything inside it—reaches the customer as intended.

Packaging adhesives must set quickly, bond consistently, run cleanly, and perform across changing board, coatings, temperatures, production speeds, and distribution conditions.


We support end-of-line packaging operations, folding carton manufacturers, and corrugated box plants with hot melt and water-based adhesive solutions, application equipment, and technical guidance. Whether you know exactly what product you need or simply know the current process is not performing properly, we begin by listening and understanding the complete application.


More Than an Adhesive Recommendation

Sometimes the answer is a different adhesive. Sometimes the real issue involves temperature, pattern, compression, nozzle condition, tank maintenance, line speed, or another part of the application process.


Because we support both adhesives and application equipment, we can look beyond the product and help identify the factors affecting performance. When adhesive, equipment, and engineering support must work together, our teams can coordinate the solution rather than asking the customer to manage several disconnected suppliers.


Start with the Packaging Process

Tell us what you are packaging, the materials being bonded, the adhesive and equipment currently in use, and what you would like to improve. We will work to understand the application before recommending the next step.

Applications We Support

You May Know These Adhesives As

  • Case and Carton Sealing
    • Hot melt and water-based solutions for closing corrugated shipping cases, cartons, flaps, and other end-of-line packages.

  • Folding Carton Forming and Closing
    • Adhesives for side seams, straight-line cartons, specialty folds, coated and printed board, and high-speed carton manufacturing.

  • Corrugated Glue Lap and Manufacturer’s Joint
    • Water-based and hot melt technologies for dependable joints across recycled, coated, and challenging corrugated materials.

  • Tray Forming and Sealing
    • Adhesive systems for erecting, forming, closing, and reinforcing trays used in food, beverage, consumer goods, and industrial packaging.

  • Window Patching and Film-to-Paper Bonding
    • Adhesives selected for bonding clear films and specialty window materials to printed or coated paperboard.

  • Specialty Packaging Attachments
    • Solutions for attaching handles, inserts, promotional components, straws, reinforcements, and other packaging elements.

  • Packaging hot melt

  • Case-sealing glue

  • Carton-closing adhesive

  • Box glue

  • Folding carton glue

  • Extrusion glue

  • Non-contact adhesive

  • Glue-lap adhesive

  • Manufacturer’s-joint adhesive

  • Window adhesive

  • Tray-forming adhesive

Why Packaging Operations Contact HAR

  • Cases or cartons are opening during handling, storage, or shipment.

  • Hot melt is stringing, charring, dripping, or creating excessive cleanup.

  • Adhesive equipment is unreliable or contributing to unplanned downtime.

  • Increased line speeds require faster set and more consistent compression.

  • New board, coatings, recycled content, or operating temperatures are affecting bond performance.

  • The current adhesive or equipment supplier is not responding quickly enough when production is at risk.

Joe and the HAR team

Joe and the HAR Team

HAR Adhesive Technologies

HAR Adhesive Technologies
60 South Park Street, Bedford, OH 44146

Phone: 440-786-7185
Fax: 440-786-7186

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