Hazard-free Jowatherm-Reaktant® PUR Hot Melt Adhesives, Sustainable Solutions for Lamination and Edgebanding

A responsible approach and good economic practices are possible only with a focus on occupational safety. Demand is therefore growing on the market for sustainable adhesive solutions that optimize processes as well as occupational safety.

At the Swedish enterprise Joreds Postformning AB, boards are laminated using a hazard-free adhesive supplied by the long-standing partner Jowat. The small quaint town of Fjällbacka in Sweden is home to the specialist for the manufacture of furniture fronts, countertops, shelves, windowsills, and interior wall paneling—Joreds is considered a technology leader in Sweden for so-called postforming. With more than 70 years of experience, a team of 15 employees turns the ideas and wishes of their customers into reality. “We manufacture tailor-made components on behalf of construction companies, architects and building material suppliers, for private customers but also public institutions,” explains Per Kristiansson, key account manager at Joreds. “Quality and efficiency are equally important as the competence and safety of our employees. Adhesives from Jowat have provided us with solutions that meet all these requirements.”

Better protection for employees

Joreds Postformning AB and Jowat Scandinavia AB proudly look back on over ten years of cooperation as partners. The Swedish manufacturer has been using PUR hot melt adhesives from Jowat since 2013. In the year 2019, they eventually changed to the PUR hot melt adhesive with hazard-free labeling Jowatherm-Reaktant® MR 609.93 for the lamination of wood-based countertops with decorative surfaces (e.g. laminates, thermoplastic foils). “The hazard-free PUR hot melt adhesive from Jowat is on par with the quality of conventional products. In addition, it improves the occupational safety and health protection of all processors,” underscores Per-Anders Lindgren, business manager for wood, furniture and construction at Jowat Scandinavia AB. “Coupled with that is the benefit of savings in terms of costs and time because they are not subject to special training requirements.”

Per Kristiansson says the impressive performance of Jowatherm-Reaktant® MR 609.93 is evident also in the practical application: “The PUR hot melt adhesive can be used for many different materials, is odorless, and facilitates an equally easy cleaning of the processing equipment when the work is finished. The good initial strength facilitates a continuous manufacturing process with substrates of different sizes. There is no need for long pressing times in cycle presses—short but strong pressing with a roller is sufficient to ensure that the substrates are firmly joined together.” These characteristics save a significant amount of time each day.

The customer’s verdict is positive in every respect: “The many years of cooperation are a testament to our satisfaction with Jowat as a partner. Product quality, service, reliability—the entire package is just right.” Per Kristiansson says they are also already making plans for the future: “The next step is to integrate the monomer-reduced PUR hot melt adhesive for edgebanding in our processes.” Jowatherm-Reaktant® MR 607.90 is known as a processor-friendly PUR hot melt adhesive with hazard-free labeling and can be used for the bonding of widely established edgebands in continuous processes.