Food and Beverage Labeling

H.B. Fuller stays on top of market trends in the beverage industry and understands the industry’s greater focus on improved bottle recyclability and bottle reusability.

Consumers expect beverage brands to offer recyclable packaging for their favorite soft drink, water, juice, wine, liquor or beer.  Producers are under continued pressure to increase productivity, reduce materials and costs as well as incorporate recycled content into PET and glass bottles. At H.B. Fuller we work closely with our customers to continuously innovate our labeling products to accommodate this evolution and support them to get ahead of the curve. Our adhesives offer numerous performance, recycling and efficiency benefits.

H.B. Fuller has developed sustainable adhesives to help customers meet productivity and sustainability goals. Our beverage labeling adhesives adhere to PET and glass bottles for soft drinks, wine, liquor, beer, and juice. They offer excellent performance, reducing bottle washer costs, water usage, and downtime. We also provide efficient palletizing solutions, ensuring stable operations with minimal waste.

H.B. Fuller sustainable beverage labeling adhesive performance benefits

Our beverage product line is designed to enable circular packaging by labeling more containers with less adhesive.

• Efficient in-line performance increases uptime and reduces adhesive consumption.
• Superior machinability and cleanability over competing products
• Reduced water usage as well as caustic solution in the wash-off process for returnable bottles can reduce carbon footprint

It offers superior labeling performance to suit your application needs. 

• In-use label performance to protect the appearance and brand integrity of the product.
• Strong ice water resistance and condensation resistance for select products.
• High performance for slow to fast moving production lines.

These benefits, performing simultaneously, are what set our sustainable beverage labeling adhesive apart from other products available on the market.

PET Beverage Labeling

Saving time, improving quality, preserving brand integrity, saving water, and meeting productivity and sustainability goals are all reasons why H.B. Fuller® Earthic™ PET labeling products are unique. The reuse or recycling of PET bottles benefits from using adhesives formulated for recycling with certifications such as APR, PETCycle, Returpack, and Veolia. Our customers value our labeling adhesives that are finetuned for very high production speeds for maximum efficiency and performance, particularly for carbonated soft drinks.

One way and returnable Glass Bottle Labeling

Whether for returnable or one way glass bottles, the removal of labels and adhesives is essential for reuse and recycling. Our unique advanced water-based labeling technology offers excellent wash-off performance at lower temperatures with reduced caustic soda concentrations. Brand integrity is further enhanced with excellent ice-water and condensation-water proof bonding, differentiating your beer brand from the competition. H.B. Fuller’s Earthic™ range can meet your labeling needs with a range of high-performance adhesives that create labeling design freedom, production agility and confidence in your brand.

Multipack Bundling

For over a decade, H.B. Fuller has been partnering with several industry leaders to develop bundling designs with less material for cans, PET bottles and aseptic packs for beverages and food. Our developers and technicians have built significant application knowledge and are true experts in this highly specialized application field. Learn about our multipack bundling solutions for bottles, containers, food cans or aseptic cartons, which can offer great brand recognition, more convenience for consumers, while using less material and creating less waste.

Best in Class Can Labeling

H.B. Fuller offers a full range of can labeling adhesives. Differentiate your brand with outstanding performance in use. Our Can labeling products provide fast setting and excellent machining for cold and hot filling.

Aseptic Capping Adhesive Solutions

Materials for aseptic beverage cartons are evolving to satisfy demands to simplify material combinations and incorporate renewable materials. Capping adhesives are vital to pack integrity and achieving excellent performance and high efficiency on your cap attachment lines for liquid cartons. Whether it is applied by roller and nozzle our adhesives run at lower temperatures to save energy, reducing machine wear and tear without compromising on adhesive performance and pack reliability.

Palletizing

Transport packaging can use significant amounts of packaging materials and is increasingly being scrutinized for its savings potential. Our technical experts work with customers to achieve superb pallet stability while reducing material usage. Learn how to reduce material consumption with H.B. Fuller’s adhesives solutions.