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How to Save Money with Adhesives in MFG

Glue is a small part of a larger whole but critical to many manufacturing processes. Customers often ask us how they can get the most out of their adhesive. Below are some of the experts' best cost-saving advice for gelatin and liquid glue applications.

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The Best Ways to Clean Up Water-Based and Protein Glue Spills

Accidents happen. Water-based and protein glues are popular for packaging, laminating, and labeling applications and need to be applied as a liquid. The risk of having an accidental spill increases when glues are in the liquid state. 

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Best Practices for Liquid Water-Based Adhesives

What holds the world together? Glue.

Industrial adhesives are the sticky backbone of thousands of companies across a variety of industries, including woodworking, packaging, graphics arts, manufacturing, and more. Depending on what you’re trying to stick together, your choice of glue matters!

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How To Clean the Potdevin Gluer (Animal Glue)

Potdevin gluing equipment has been around since 1896, so it's no wonder many of our printing and laminating customers use these machines (and have for many years). 

One question we get pretty often is: what is the best way to clean animal glue (hot glue) from the Potdevin glue tray?

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