{"id":18621,"date":"2025-07-25T12:13:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/?p=18621"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:13:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:13:26","slug":"sustainability-shapes-evolution-of-packaging-adhesives-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/25\/sustainability-shapes-evolution-of-packaging-adhesives-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability shapes evolution of packaging adhesives market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hot-melt, water-based, solvent\/reactive, and radiation-curing adhesives each play a crucial role in the performance of different packaging formats. In 2025, value in this segment is projected to reach $21.6 billion according to new research from Smithers, the global authority on the packaging industry. This will see a total of 7.2 million metric tonnes* of adhesives consumed in packaging construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new market report,\u00a0The Future of Adhesives for Packaging to 2030, forecasts a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.5% will drive market value to $25.7 billion in 2030 (at constant prices). Consumption increases at a slower 3.2% CAGR to 8.4 million tonnes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across packaging the drive to improve sustainability is increasing. For adhesives this includes the development of more bio-derived ingredients, as well as solutions that allow brand owners to simplify designs or switch materials. In the EU the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) 2025\/40 will set design for recyclability criteria for all pack types \u2013 this will include consideration of adhesives selection, specifically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Packaging is the largest segment in the broader adhesives industry, accounting for 40% of demand. The majority of adhesives are used with rigid paperboard packaging, for seaming\/closing corrugated and cartonboard boxes; fabricating of cylindrical paperboard cores; as well as affixing labels and lidding stock to plastic, metal, and glass primary packs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the four adhesive technologies examined in the Smithers study, water-based adhesives are the most widely used, at 52% of the global market. Hot-melt adhesives are the most lucrative packaging adhesive type, representing 35.2% of contemporary sales. Ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and polyolefins are the principal hot-melt formulations, continuing to displace less versatile styrene block copolymers chemistries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Packaging converters also use more expensive polyamide, thermoplastic polyurethane hot melts in specialist applications. This segment has made the greatest progress in reducing dependency on petroleum-derived inputs. Multiple major suppliers now offer hot-melts with at least 25% bio-derived content, with some smaller suppliers offering up to 70%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solvent-borne and reactive adhesives continue to be pressured by sustainability concerns. Converters are switching to hot-melt or water-based adhesives where feasible; while the development of bio-derived ingredients has been slow. In 2025 they account for 17.8% of volume in the market, but have the worst growth outlook through to 2030. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figure 1: Global packaging adhesives use, by pack format, 2020, 2025 & 2030 (million tonnes)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: Smithers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hot-melt, water-based, solvent\/reactive, and radiation-curing adhesives each play a crucial role in the performance of different packaging formats. In 2025, value in this segment is projected to reach $21.6 billion according to new research from Smithers, the global authority on the packaging industry. This will see a total of 7.2 million metric tonnes* of adhesives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[714],"class_list":{"0":"post-18621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corrugated-folding-carton","8":"tag-smithers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18623,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18621\/revisions\/18623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}