When industry giants like Apple® announce their very ambitious green packaging goals, it’s a topic that is hard to ignore. A new study from Dotcom Distribution surveyed over 500 online shoppers about their shopping preferences. Some of the findings were:

Like some manufacturers in the United States we sell a high quality, high performance product which in turn does not make us the cheapest out there. Our protein glues (animal glues) are sold per pound so some customers look at that per pound price and say, in a cost cutting effort, let’s try the low cost/low quality brand instead.  What they soon find out is they didn't save money and all glues are not formulated the same.

LD Davis has been manufacturing hide glues since the 1920s. Our eco-friendly hide glue spans a wide range of technical gelatin.

The number one request we receive from customers is how to lower costs without impacting the superior quality and performance of their adhesives. Our lab took on this challenge and worked on an alternative to one of our most popular products.  The product NW139C is traditionally an amber color (see far left in photo) used by the rigid box industry for end products that vary from game