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Epotal^® - our water-based adhesives for film-to-film lamination

Epotal^® adhesives allow our customers to make the most of their packaging's end of life! Flexibility, durability and sustainability can go hand in hand. Several layers of film combined with the right adhesive formulation result in packaging solutions with desirable properties, such as good mechanical stability, good printability or light impermeability.

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That’s why multilayered packaging is ideal for highly customizable products such as stand-up pouches.

A viable alternative at all performance levels, the Epotal^® product family stands out with innovative, dedicated products such as the 1C solution for medium-performance applications, home compostable adhesives and retort solutions that can even be used for digital printing processes and barrier products.

Besides the most important function of protecting food with the right packaging, we go one step further and ensure that our products enable more-sustainable end-of-life options.

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Key benefits

Flexible, durable and food-contact approved
Reduce costs
Increase flexibility
Save time
Enhance safety

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Our Epotal® adhesives enable strong differentiation on the market for our customers

Flexible, durable & food contact-approved: Our water-based adhesives offer significant benefits for your packaging products such as the reduction of costs through easier and faster handling with lower off-spec risks. They also increase flexibility by making interim storage unnecessary. Additional benefits include time savings and improved safety during and after the manufacturing process.

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Reduce costs

Easier, faster handling with lower off-spec risks.

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Increase flexibility

“Lean production”, no interim storage necessary.

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Save time

High green strength, short lead times, practically no curing.

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Improve safety

Low VOCs, no aromatic isocyanates, glymo or organic solvents.

End-of-life solutions made easy with Epotal^®

Water-based lamination adhesives enable the recycling of multi-layer packaging materials

Nowadays, end-of-life options and recyclability of packaging materials are critical topics that need to be addressed by the whole packaging industry. To meet the ambitious targets that have been set for packaging materials in the future, all players in the value chain need to get involved and work together. BASF already offers a variety of options for improving the recyclability of packaging materials through the use of Epotal^® lamination adhesives and is working with different partners to realize a number of projects relating to this topic.

The separation of multi-layer packaging materials is a recycling option that is already being used today, but one that we believe will become even more important in the future. With this approach, no compromises are necessary in terms of the technical performance of the packaging. At the same time, waste materials can be recycled after separation via the same process as used for mono-material packaging. Incorporating water-based adhesives into this process has many advantages, such as easier separation and improved recyclate quality. One of our ongoing projects involves the development of special adhesives for this recycling option.

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EU Regulations: How to make your packaging PPWReady

With the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), the flexible packaging industry is undergoing major transformation, bringing both challenges and opportunities. In the shift toward fully recyclable laminated packaging, water-based adhesive solutions offer a fast track to safety and compliance - not just for today, but for the future.

Illustration comparing the life cycle of laminated packaging before and after the implementation of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). The "before" side shows a linear process ending in disposal. The "after" side depicts a circular life cycle, where laminated packaging is collected, recycled, and reused, reflecting the goals of the PPWR to reduce waste and promote sustainability.

How to protect your license to operate: Tackling PAA in laminated packaging

What most people know: The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) will require plastic packaging to be recyclable and to contain recycled materials by 2030. What few realize: Your packaging’s market viability could be at serious risk if harmful substances - such as primary aromatic amines (PAA) - are formed during the recycling process.

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Access your PCF data online

As a customer of BASF's dispersions and construction additives business, you can now seamlessly access our Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) statements in MyIndustryWorld online. With this service, we aim to simplify measuring your carbon footprint – because we know the effort it takes.

How to read your PCF statement

In this video, our sustainability expert Alexander Schenzel guides you through a typical Product Carbon Footprint data sheet and explains all the essentials.

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Epotal® - our water-based adhesives for film-to-film lamination