With a size of nearly 30,000 square-meter the new facility has been designed to primarily manufacture pressure sensitive and non-pressure sensitive hot melts under the leading Technomelt brand. The products range from Henkel’s high-performance SUPRA product portfolio, designed for efficient bonding of substrates under extreme conditions, to Henkel's COOL portfolio, with a lower melting point compared to traditional hot melt adhesives (between 100°C and 120°C).
These hot melt adhesives are used in the consumer goods and packaging industries for food, beverages, and personal care products; and include case and carton sealing, bottle labeling, heat-seal, self-adhesive labels, bookbinding, adult and baby diapers, as well as feminine hygiene among other applications.
The plant will also manufacture hot melt adhesives under the Easyflow brand. This patented Henkel technology is designed to improve production line efficiency and minimize material handling providing a better value proposition to customers, including enhanced safety, performance, yield, and energy savings.
“Henkel remains committed to Mexico and the great growth opportunities our country can provide for the Adhesive Technologies business,” said Valentín López, President of Henkel in Mexico and Costa Rica. “We are extremely grateful to our employees and vendors, and for the trust our customers continue to place in our quality, technology and experience, nationally and internationally, as our plant supports customers in the Americas, such as Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, Canada and the United States.”
“It is a pleasure for me to accompany Henkel in this inauguration and to see the great impact this new plant is generating in our community through its technologies and innovations,” said the Secretary of Economic Development of the State of Nuevo León, Mr. Iván Rivas. “Our government will continue to promote actions like these for the benefit of the people of Nuevo Leon,” he concluded.
