'Can-do' converting.With a flair for specialty coating and converting services, Kent Adhesive Products Company (Kapco), Kent, OH, serves a variety of industries from hygiene, industrial and returnable packaging to consumer products. Founded in 1974, Kapco made its start in the midwestern U.S. but has since expanded its customer base into areas as far-reaching as Europe, Asia and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . The company operates out of a $4.2 million custom designed 90,000 square foot facility, which includes a cleanroom area and is expandable to an additional 75,000 square feet. Kapco's custom coating capabilities include narrow and wide web emulsion emulsion: see colloid. emulsion Mixture of two or more liquids in which one is dispersed in the other as microscopic or ultramicroscopic droplets (see colloid). Emulsions are stabilized by agents (emulsifiers) that (e.g. and hot melt adhesives for a variety of flexible materials including nonwovens, films, foams, foil and paper. The company also offers environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] UV cured, pressure-sensitive emulsion acrylic adhesives and top coatings. Water-based emulsion adhesives and coatings are applied to both 30 and 60 inch materials, with corona treatment available on the 60 inch coater. Coatings and adhesives can be applied to the full web or in a specified linear pattern and finished products can be supplied with custom printed liners, back splits, face splits and slit to width. Adhesives can also be tinted tint n. 1. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation. 2. A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation. 3. A slight coloration; a tinge. 4. to avoid show-through against lighter colored materials. In addition to its production capabilities, Kapco's plant houses a 30 inch pilot coater, which is used for product development work including test runs of special adhesives. The coater is also used for full scale narrow web production runs. In the hot melt arena, adhesives and coatings can be applied through a fully automated on-line process in widths up to 16 inches. Complementing its coating capabilities, Kapco also offers a variety of converting services including laminating lam·i·nate v. lam·i·nat·ed, lam·i·nat·ing, lam·i·nates v.tr. 1. To beat or compress into a thin plate or sheet. 2. To divide into thin layers. 3. , in-line die cutting, custom pressure sensitive adhesive Pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA, self adhesive, self stick adhesive) is adhesive that forms a bond when pressure is applied to marry the adhesive with the adherend. No solvent, water, or heat is needed to activate the adhesive. and barrier coating, rotary and steel rule die cutting, rotary die cutting to register, slitting and sheeting. KENT ADHESIVE PRODUCTS CO. (KAPCO) 1000 Cherry Street Cherry Street may refer to
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