Swift®melt 1850

As the e-commerce packaging market continues to grow, H.B. Fuller offers innovative solutions that meet the rapidly evolving customer demands while anticipating future challenges. Swift®melt 1850 is our pressure-sensitive hot melt adhesive designed specifically for e-commerce packaging closure systems and returnability, enhancing customer experience. This adhesive delivers consistent performance across a wide temperature range and forms a fiber-tearing bond to maintain packaging integrity throughout the rigorous e-commerce supply chain. It demonstrates excellent adhesion on both mailer and corrugated substrates. Engineered for high efficiency, Swift®melt 1850 reduces energy consumption, optimizes material usage, and achieves superior performance with lower application quantities. Its exceptional clean-running properties minimize machine downtime and maintenance costs, further enhancing operational productivity. Additionally, Swift®melt 1850 contributes to sustainability by incorporating bio-based content, reducing reliance on fossil fuels, and supporting compatibility with recycling processes.

When benchmarked against similar solutions, Swift®melt 1850 has shown better performance at lower application temperatures, which saves energy consumption and costs, while increasing operators’ safety during their packaging manufacture process. Swift®melt 1850 delivers superior clean running on machines, enhancing better output due to reduced downtime and savings on machine maintenance costs. Additionally, Swift®melt 1850 allowed to significantly minimize the coat weight of glue presenting a strong bond and fiber-tearing, highly performing at a wider service /storage temperature, unlike other alternatives available that proved to fail either at the lower or higher temperatures tested. Its bio-based content is another distinctive point, reducing the reliance on fossil fuels and supporting the achievement of sustainability goals for packaging producers, when compared to similar alternatives that still rely on fossil-based materials.

H.B. Fuller is always developing innovative new products and services across our GBUs. The innovations are based on significant advancements across various industries, reflecting a dynamic blend of technological progress, consumer demand shifts, and sustainability trends. Our most recent e-commerce focused innovation is the Swift®melt 1850, engineered for e-commerce closing systems, ensuring hassle-free returns, while contributing to the achievement of sustainability targets.

One of the largest packaging producers in Europe that specializes in producing e-commerce packaging was seeking a better alternative for an adhesive that prevents pop-opens during the challenging e-commerce supply chain. They were seeking an adhesive with secure sealing at cold, ambient, and warm temperatures with tamper proof evidence. In addition to these specific needs, sustainable packaging goals were another priority to enable returnable and 100% recyclable packaging. Our adhesive solution allows a lower coat weight and improves the fiber tear yield compared to competitor products across a wide temperature range. This customer tested a variety of competitor alternatives and determined H.B. Fuller Swift®melt 1850 offered superior adhesion at varying temperatures, clean application run time, and great bonding strength. In addition to performance features, Swift®melt 1850 also had a higher bio-based content than competitors. H.B. Fuller Swift®melt 1850 offers superior adhesion in various temperatures which in turn reduces energy consumption. It also reduces the dependence on fossil-fuels because it contains bio-based content. Our adhesive also features strong fiber-tearing bond to ensure packaging integrity on paper mailers, envelopes, and corrugated boxes.

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