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Welcome to the SPE “LUX-X” blog. The world of industrial adhesives is more complex than it may seem at first glance. Here, chemistry meets engineering: the right adhesive choice can save a company money, while the wrong one can stop production. We created this space to share industry insights, analyze complex bonding cases, and talk about technological innovations. Read our tips on how to optimize adhesive consumption, set up equipment, and choose the ideal product for your tasks. Only practical knowledge, proven solutions, and expert opinions from our specialists.
  • With what to glue a label onto a plastic bottle

    With what to glue a label onto a plastic bottle

    Among the entire variety of packages, polymer containers are in an advantageous position in the food industry. As to environmental friendliness and safety, PET bottles are inferior perhaps only to glass and cardboard packages.

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  • PVAC as a primer

    PVAC as a primer

    PVAC glue is a multipurpose adhesive for bonding different materials: cardboard, paper, textiles and wood. Besides bonding materials with one another, polyvinyl acetate is used as a component in mortar mixes

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  • How to hang textile wallpaper. Problems and their solution

    How to hang textile wallpaper. Problems and their solution

    Textiles, as a finishing material, have been used for long. The process of decorating walls and ceilings with textiles was very time-consuming. Specialists covered surfaces with a fabric or stretched the material on wooden frames, followed by attaching them to walls.

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  • Ukrainian coating materials market: outlooks and expectations

    Ukrainian coating materials market: outlooks and expectations

    The 4th International Conference “Ukrainian Coatings Market” was held in Kyiv on 15-16 October 2020. At the event, in their reports, leading professionals from specialist companies and analysts from the Chem Courier Company shared information on the current state of the coatings market.

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  • What is used to bond a furniture edge band? Rules for choosing a hot melt adhesive

    What is used to bond a furniture edge band? Rules for choosing a hot melt adhesive

    Furniture makers often use cost-saving materials: chipboard or MDF. After being cut, the edges of parts look unattractive and require further finishing. Furniture raw edges are finished using a process known as edgebanding. This is a method for finishing an exposed edge of a workpiece. It protects the surface from mechanical damage and moisture and reduces the liberation of formaldehyde from the base material of furniture parts.

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  • Adhesive for making Scotch tape

    Adhesive for making Scotch tape

    Scotch is a tacky tape. It is produced as a roll with tacky properties, due to which Scotch tape is a multipurpose product. Scotch tape was the first product, based on which materials with identical properties and an adhesive capacity were started to be produced: pressure-sensitive coatings, insulating tape, double-sided adhesive tape, painter’s tape and other materials.

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  • Hot adhesive life hacks: what and how can be glued?

    Hot adhesive life hacks: what and how can be glued?

    In Ukraine, recent years have seen ever-growing popularity of hot adhesives produced as solid polymer granules, pellets and sticks. Hot adhesive, also known as hotmelt adhesive or hot melt glue, is used in different sectors of industry and even for household use. These adhesives are called “hot” because at high temperatures the solid material becomes soft and takes the form of a viscous, thick, gel-like substance.

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  • LUX-X LLC has launched the production of a new line of LUX ЕСО adhesives for packaging and the printing industry

    LUX-X LLC has launched the production of a new line of LUX ЕСО adhesives for packaging and the printing industry

    The current very popular trend is to use green products. Hence, to keep abreast of times, SPE LUX-X LLC has developed its proprietary line of ЕСО adhesives.

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  • How to read a beer label

    How to read a beer label

    We all heard the phrase: “First impressions are most lasting.” Today, this saying is relevant for many beer brands that are competing for consumer attention. Since alcohol advertising in Ukraine is strictly regulated by the law, companies are looking for other means of attracting buyers to their products. One way is to design a catchy appearance of the bottle and label.

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