Cattie Adhesives manufactures a complete line of high quality Hot Melts and Water-Based Adhesives for BOOKBINDING & GRAPHIC ARTS.
For more information or to Request Samples; Please call one of our Adhesive Specialists at 1-800-249-0337
Our Adhesives can be made Clear, "Water-White" , Odorless and are formulated to provide excellent adhesion to all types of paper and cardboard including some of the most difficult to bond including, Foils, Films and UV coated paper.
Our adhesives are formulated to meet specific application requirements for color, bond strength, heat resistance, or other performance standards. Our products are used extensively across many industries and for many adhesive applications.
A more Recent development is the use of Low Temperature Hot Melts which are applied at 250°F instead of 350°F.
In general, Low Temperature Hot Melts provide the same Bonding performance for most Bookbinding Applications. They are:
- Safer to use
- Easier to clean up
- Lower operating costs
- Cleaner machining
Some Key technical requirements for Bookbinding hot melt applications are:
- Precise viscosity control for exact adhesive coatings
- Open and setting time
- Aging stability for improved clean machining
- Lower application temperatures
- Faster cooling for improved trimming
- Fast page-pull strength development
- Recyclability
In bookbinding Open Time and Setting Time are Critical to ensure a High Quality book comes off the manufacturing line.
The right choice of tackifier resins is crucial for formulating hot melts to meet specific open time and setting time requirements.
Our choice of the best tackifier resins, help make our hot melts and water-based adhesives the best choice in the industry for your BOOKBINDING & GRAPHIC ARTS adhesive applications.
Our BOOKBINDING & GRAPHIC ARTS adhesive Product Line and Application Experience includes:
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Hot Melts |
Pressure Sensitive Hot Melts |
Fugitive/Removeable Hot Melts for Speciality Paper |
Latex-based Fugitive Liquid adhesives for Speciality Paper stocks |
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Spine Glue |
Labeling and Envelopes |
Water-Based Adhesives |
Spine gluing, Side Seam Gluing, Labeling, Insert Tipping |
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Side Seam Glue |
Labels and Decals |
Side seams and Bottom pastes |
Covers, Backlining, Casing-In, Casemaking, Hinge Gluing |
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Remoistenable Adhesive Products |
PSA's for Insert Tipping |
PSA's for tape, tag and labels |
Padding Adhesives, Business Forms Adhesives |

Bookbinding and Graphic Arts Hot Melts:
Below are just a few of our most commonly used Bookbinding and Graphic Arts hot melts. We offer hot melts for all substrate types and applications.
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Part # |
Applications \ Substrates |
Set Speed |
Application Temp |
Viscosity at 350°F |
Form |
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W251 |
White, Pigmented Hot Melt for hard to Bond substrates, Clay coated, Varnished and end grain stocks. |
Medium,Fast |
325-375°F |
1200 cps |
Chips |
|
W253 |
Clear, colorless Hot Melt. |
Fast |
325-375°F |
1000 cps |
Chips |
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W255 |
Fast setting, general purpose hot melt for High Speed, High Volume binding. Clean machining with three knife trimmer. |
Fast |
325-375°F |
900 cps |
Chips |
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W257 |
Low Temperature Hot Melt, Fast Setting, General purpose Hot Melt that runs at 250°F - 300°F. |
Fast |
250-300°F |
750 cps |
Chips |
|
W260 |
Side Seam Hot Melt, Clear, colorless Hot Melt, Medium Open/Set Time. |
Medium/Fast |
325-375°F |
1500 cps |
Chips |
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W262 |
Pressure Sensitive Side Seam Hot Melt, Clear, colorless Hot Melt, Medium Open Time. |
Medium/Fast |
325-375°F |
2000 cps |
Pillows |
-Bulk Hot Melts are packaged in Drums & 25/35/50lb boxes-1350lbs /pallet.
-Available forms include: pellets, chips, pillows, beads in bag & chub form.
To speak with a technical representative about your application, or to request Samples; Please call us at
1-800-249-0337 or email to sales@cattieadhesives.com