Package of convenience: easy use, environmental concerns and product integrity are major trends affecting adhesives for containers and packaging. (Containers & Packaging).

Adhesives Age,  June, 2002  by Jody Schwartz

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"CLEAN" AND "CONVENIENT" might sound like ad copy for a floor wax, but those terms also describe the ongoing trend for containers and packaging used for shipping and dispensing of adhesives. In the adhesives game, being environmentally and worker friendly is almost as important as having products that work.

Therefore, a container used to store or ship adhesives needs to protect the atmosphere as well as the workers who handle the adhesive product from any fumes. Product integrity is also important, experts say, so if the container is reused, it needs to be free of residue from a previous adhesive. ...