Agribusiness

Project:
Cargill
Natural adhesives for fibre-based packaging
Table of Contents:
1. Advantages and disadvantages of the
natural adhesives Starch and Dextrin, and
the synthetic adhesive Vinyl
2. Current Applications
3. Competitor analysis
 1. Natural Adhesives (Starch and Dextrin)

● Starch and dextrin-based adhesives play a larger part in industrial

production (especially packaging industry).
● Starch and dextrin are principally used for bonding paper products.
● Most corrugated boxboard can be easily joined with available versatile
adhesives.

Source:(Adhesivesmag , 2017)
 Starch Based Adhesives

● A suspension of starch granules in water, with additives of resin etc. Often

made from animal waste.(Gelantin-production)

Source: (Packaging et al, 2017)

 Starch Based Adhesives

Advantages Disadvantages
Cheap & easy to manufacture Low wet gluing capacity

Good machinability Low ice proof properties

Clean running Unsuitable for plastic or metal

High initial tack

Bonds well to glass

Not temperature sensitives

6 month shelf life

Source: (Coorscollege, 2017)

 Dextrin Based Adhesives
(based on potatoes,wheat or corn starch)
Advantages Disadvantages
High initial tack No ice proof properties

Suitable for hot, dry containers Low solubility

Unsuitable for coated glass, plastic and

mental

Source: (Coorscollege, 2017)

 Synthetic Adhesive ( Polyvinyl acetate
and Polyvinyl alcohol)

Source: ( TESA, 2017)

 Polyvinyl acetate and Polyvinyl alcohol
( PVA/PVOH)
Advantages Disadvantage

● PVA glues do not emit strong fumes ● Curing time could take up to 24 hours
● Non toxic and non flammable ● Has limited shelf lives, typically 1-3
● Wet glue can be wiped away with water years
● White PVA glue dries clear ● Not water resistant
● Low manufacturing cost
● Strong bond, easily applied
● Gets dried under room temperature
● More biologically compatible
● High chemical and thermal stability
● PVA is a type of biodegradable resin when
if is an artificial polymer derived from
petroleum
 2. Current Applications

Adhesive has been used throughout the history of mankind:

● Furnitures that got buried with the Egyptian king got covered with wood veneers filled
with adhesive.
● Weapons like arrows got glued with feather.
● Adhesive is still being used till now.

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 2. Current Applications

● Wallpaper adhesives
● Paper sacks
● Paper cores, protective packaging and fiber drums --> dextrin based
● Remoistenable envelope adhesives
● Aluminum foil for inner cigarette wraps
● Billposting

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 2. Current Applications

● Bonding paper products

● Labeling glass bottles, gum tape
● Bookbinding
● Cartons
● Paperboard production
● Sustainable packaging

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 3. Competitor analysis: Aditya
Polymers
● Based in India
● ISO 9001:2008 certified
● Manufacture and export wide range of Adhesives for Packaging and Woodwork
Industry.
○ Lamination, Labeling, Paper Conversion, Starch (Dextrin) based and Wood
Working Adhesives.
● Brand name is "Dr. Bond"
● Manufacture synthetic adhesives too
○ using quality PVA (Poly-vinyl acetate water-soluble synthetic polymer,
wood-glue), VAM (Vinyl acetate is an organic compound) and additives for
adhesion properties, solvent and temperature resistance.

(Adityapolymers.com, 2017)
 3. Competitor analysis: Aditya
Polymers
Aditya Polymers offers 4 grades of starch based adhesives:

1. COLD MIXING GRADES 2. HOT MIXING GRADES 3. PASTING GRADES 4. CORRUGATION GRADES
(No Cooking / Heating (Cooking / Heating Equipment (For Corrugated Carton
required) required) making)

For Paper Tubes / Paper For Paper Tubes & Paper For Corrugation application in For Pasting application in Box
Cores / Edge Guards / Fibre Cores and Textile Tubes Box making making
Drums

Applications:
● Paper Tubes
● Paper Cores
● Paper Cones
● Corrugated Boxes (Manual Process)
● Corrugated Boxes (Automated Process)

(Adityapolymers.com, 2017)
 3. Competitor analysis: Emplak

Emplak® – new starch-based liquid adhesives

● Produce laminating adhesives for tray packing, displays and cartons.
● Based on modified potato starch and is polyvinyl acetate free.
● 100 % degradable and renewable
● solvent and plasticizer-free
● Claims to be the only starch producer which supplies liquid lamination glue to the packaging
industry.
● Potatoes and peas are used as the raw material
● Global company, based in Germany

(Emsland-group.de, 2017)
3. Competitor analysis:Tate & Lyle

● British-based multinational agribusiness.

● Revenue in 2016 - $2,3 bln
● Produces dent and waxy corn adhesives for wide-range of uses including labels, board
laminating, case and carton sealing, seam pasting, tube winding, and other
paper-converting operations.
○ STADEX® Dextrin - starch based adhesive for variety of applications
○ ECLIPSE® Functional Industrial Starch - acid-modified corn starch used in corrugated board
production
 3.Competitor Analysis: Avebe

● Avebe U.A ( abbreviation for Aardappelmeel Verkoop Bureau) is a Dutch cooperative

with more than 2500 farmers which produces starch products based on potato starch
and potato protein for use in food, animal feed, paper, textiles and adhesives
● The cooperatives has factories in the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden.
● Starch Adhesive brands include;
○ Solvicol which is used as a paper stack adhesive and
○ Avedex dextrins which are used for paper core and for tube manufacturing

Source Avebe(2017)
Competitor analysis: 3M

● Company produces industrial adhesives and adhesive tapes for various applications

● Has product line of Reinforced Water Activated Tape based on starch adhesive

● Used for corrugated carton box sealing and other packaging applications
3. Competitor analysis:Ingredion

● Former National Starch company one of the world's largest starch producers based in
USA
● Revenue in 2016 - $ 5,7bln
● Produces food ingredients and industrial starches
●
○ KOFILM® SR modified starch is an acetylated starch used in packaging adhesive applications
 Competitor analysis: Roquette Frères

● France based family business with revenue 3,3 bln EURO

● Produce more than 650 by-products from the starch extracted from corn, wheat, potatoes and peas.

○ STARCH N-TCF - is a selected native maize starch used for the production of corrugated

board adhesives.

○ VECTOR® M-PA726P - Modified starch used for the production of corrugated board

adhesives.

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Competitor analysis: ADM

● Archer Daniels Midland is an American global food processing and commodities trading corporation

● Produces wheat starches for corrugated industry

○ CARABOX is a modified prime wheat starch, ideally suited to be used as carrier starch in a

variety of corrugating adhesive formulations.

○ CARAGEL® is a highly-purified, large-granule, prime wheat starch, ideally suited for use as a

specialty carrier in the preparation of starch adhesive for the corrugating industry.

○ INSTA PASTE® is a wheat-starch-based adhesive containing a preservative. INSTA PASTE®

is ideal for sealing paper edges in gypsum wallboard manufacturing, and has many other

adhesive uses.
 Competitor analysis: Henkel

● German chemical and consumer goods company

● Global leading company in adhesive field

● Two adhesive technologies for packaging are provided by Henkel: TECHNOMELT and AQUENCE

○ TECHNOMELT is a hot melt adhesive application

○ AQUENCE is a water-based adhesive application (Synthetic PVA)

(Henkel-adhesive.com ,2017)
 International Packaging Industry Fair
● More than 1000 firms participated in this exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey
● In the exhibitor list, we can look for companies which are producing biological adhesive
material www.packagingfair.com
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● Emsland-group.de. (2017). Emplak® – new starch-based liquid adhesives. [online] Available at:
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