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Hot Melt Adhesive Demand Continues to Grow The Hot Melt Adhesives industry has been steadily growing, and according to a recent report by Research and Markets, it will continue to do so steadily through 2020. The report was conducted to analyze the growth of the Global Hot Melt Adhesives industry for the forecast period between 2015-2020 and to determine what factors are behind the growth in the industry, and why certain regions are growing more rapidly than others. Upon completion, Markets and Research found that the market is expected to expand at a moderate compound annual growth rate (CAGR) during this period, and that growth is being driven by technological advancements and innovations in polymer-based adhesives. As of 2015, the Hot Melt Adhesives industry is valued at $5.4 billion.

Industrial Hot Melt Products and How They Are Used  Industrial hot melt is used in applications formulated for specific purposes in each industry. There are a wide variety of dispensing machines, glue sticks, and bulk hot melt adhesives (HMAs) all designed with specific applications in mind. There is a difference in color, viscosity, heating temperature, raw materials and set time among the various HMAs.

Understanding Polyamide Hot Melt Seeking a solution for a hard-to-bond material? Need a super-strong bond that will hold up to challenging conditio...

Inexpensive Hot Melt is Fine, Cheap Hot Melt is Bad. When you are looking for hot melt adhesives in bulk, price is certainly a consideration, but q...

Commercial hot melt glue guns are those that are built for industrial environments. We have put together a list of our top 5 recommendations for t...

Dropping Some Hot Melt Knowledge We are constantly trying to add blog posts that will help educate our customers. Over the years the blog posts be...

Future Engineers Working with Hot Melt at Bassett Street Elementary Here at Hotmelt.com we take pride in our knowledge of adhesives and being able...

3M Long History of Hot Melt Adhesives 3M began in 1902 in Two Harbors, Minnesota by 5 business men. It was originally known as, Minnesota Mining a...

Craft Level: Beginner Amount of time: 15 minutes Supplies: Ad Tech Pro 100 Glue Sticks 1/2" Wine Corks (18+) This project is great becaus...

What is Bulk Hot Melt? Bulk hot melt, also known as hot glue, is an adhesive that is heated for application and used in a wide variety of applicati...

Hot melt packaging became mainstream in the 1960's. Hot melt adhesive is the most common method in the packaging industry. It is generally used for...