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Water-Based Dry Laminating Adhesive – A New Development Trend for the Green Packaging Industry

Against the backdrop of the deepening “dual-carbon” strategy and the accelerated green transformation of the global packaging industry, water-based dry laminating adhesives are rapidly replacing traditional solvent-based adhesives due to their outstanding advantages such as low VOC emissions, environmental friendliness, strong bonding performance, and excellent weather resistance. These adhesives are increasingly becoming the mainstream bonding material in printing and packaging, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and electronics industries, ushering in a new era of high-quality industrial development.

As a type of adhesive that uses water as the dispersion medium, water-based dry laminating adhesive contains no harmful substances such as benzene or formaldehyde. Its VOC emissions are far lower than national regulatory standards and comply with food-contact packaging safety requirements under the GB 4806.10-2023 standard. The product is especially suitable for applications with strict safety requirements, including food packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, and children’s products.

In addition to safety and environmental benefits, the adhesive also features low-temperature curing technology, which significantly reduces production energy consumption by approximately 30% compared with traditional products. It can be widely applied to various materials such as paper, plastic films, OPP, PET, PVC, metalized films, and other composite materials, meeting the demand for efficient, stable, and cost-effective production.

Following global development trends, the laminating adhesive market continues to grow rapidly due to increasing demand for green packaging and sustainable supply chains. Packaging manufacturers today are no longer focused solely on bonding strength but also require products with high gloss, fast drying, recyclability, and environmental compatibility.

Currently, the global laminating adhesive market is maintaining stable growth and is expected to reach USD 5.11 billion by 2032, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 5.12%. As the world’s largest consumption market, China is expected to see the consumption ratio of water-based laminating adhesives exceed 35% by 2025, becoming a major driving force for global market growth.

From a policy perspective, regions such as the Pearl River Delta have stipulated that the utilization rate of water-based adhesives must not be lower than 85% by 2025, accelerating the elimination of highly polluting production capacities. From the market perspective, the growing demand from major brands for green supply chain construction is driving strong demand for high-gloss, fast-curing, and recyclable water-based laminating adhesives.

In response to this trend, Dai Khoa Adhesive focuses on the research and development of environmentally friendly water-based dry laminating adhesives, paper-plastic bonding adhesives, and composite adhesives. With low-temperature curing formulations and advanced manufacturing processes, the products offer strong adhesion, excellent water resistance, aging resistance, and compatibility with high-speed laminating production lines.

Dai Khoa’s adhesive solutions help enterprises optimize three key factors simultaneously: compliance with environmental standards, improved finished-product quality, and reduced production costs. The products are widely used in food packaging, gift boxes, cosmetic boxes, e-commerce packaging, high-end printing, and many other applications.

In the future, as environmental regulations become stricter and market demands continue to rise, environmentally friendly laminating adhesives such as water-based and solvent-free adhesives will continue to play a dominant role. Dai Khoa Adhesive will continue investing in technology research, improving product performance, and expanding application fields to support the packaging industry on its journey toward green and sustainable development.