ICAT is an Italian family company that researches, designs and produces HOTMELT ADHESIVES for any industrial application active since 1974. The success of the company is based on the continuous updating of the characteristics of the adhesives, which follow the technological evolution of the supports to be glued and of the systems used for the various industrial applications
The global adhesives market has evolved significantly over the past decade, due to increased consumer sensitivity to renewable feedstock-based formulations. In this context, ICAT has distinguished itself as a pioneer in the sector, being the first to develop innovative hotmelt adhesives for packaging (ICAMELT RX) formulated with 50% of raw materials from renewable sources, the only real sustainable alternative to metallocene based hotmelt adhesives on the market.
ICAMELT RX are the most performing biobased hotmelt adhesives available in the market, specially developed for the food packaging industry being approved for direct contact with food substances and free from MOSH and MOHA mineral oils. Labelling sustainability – Alkaline soluble hotmelt adhesive:
The choice of label and adhesive are a key component to achieve sustainable packaging. ICAT developed a water-soluble hotmelt pressure sensitive adhesive, called ICAMELT 3916 HS, certified according to the PETCycle standard.
ICAMELT 3916/HS improves ICAT customers sustainability in PET, glass and metal bottling processes, being produced for 86% from renewable raw materials and, in the same time, guarantees the highest performances on the most advanced labelling equipment available in the market.
ICAGRIP Natural Adhesives for pallet stabilization: The stretch film is an LLDPE plastic film produced from fossil raw materials (oil and gas).
There are many initiatives put in place today to reduce its environmental impact, but none of them completely solves the problem. At ICAT we believe in the optimization of packaging understood as the removal of all unnecessary materials.
For this purpose we have developed a new line ICAGRIP Natural Adhesives, suitable for pallet stabilization (100% biodegradable), able to reduce the use of stretch films and consequently the disposal costs, the risks of damage to goods during transport, going at the same time to improve the sustainability of the packaging.
Thanks to the use of ICAGRIP Natural Adhesives it is possible to reduce the stretch film used from 50% to 100%, ensuring better product stability and an improved packaging sustainability.
