How one adhesives manufacturer is practicing sustainable management in packaging applications.
Industrial adhesives manufacturer DELO has long gone its own way in terms of optimized and sustainable packaging and shipping of adhesives. Thanks to its packaging and logistics concept, which is being constantly revised, the company was awarded second place in the Responsible Care Competition held by the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI).
DELO mainly develops products for electronic and automotive applications, in which only small amounts of adhesive are needed; that adhesive, however, must meet stringent requirements. Because so little of it is needed in these applications, the adhesives are generally filled in small, plastic containers such as cartridges made of PP or PE that have graduated capacities ranging from 5 ml to 1 l and bottles from 50 ml to 1 l. Hobbocks are used for quantities of up to 30 l. Designed in plastic or metal, they are often coated on the inside or contain inliners.