Colquímica Adhesives counts with more than 65 years of experience in the creation, development and commercialization of Hot Melt adhesives. We have always strived for excellence in our activity, pursuing new tendencies that put the company in a top position on the global market of hot melt adhesives.
Innovation is in Colquímica Adhesives’ origins and DNA, as are our highly technological products. The company was a pioneer in Portugal in the development of water-based dispersion and Hot Melt adhesives and bases its activity on solid pillars of rigor, transparency and self-challenge, which guarantee the added value to its products.
The company is based in Portugal and has three production plants, two in Portugal and one in Poland, with a total production capacity of 65 Million tonnes of industrial adhesives per year, allowing us to serve customers in over 50 countries all over the world.
Over the years, Colquímica Adhesives has experienced a growing internationalization. The quality of their adhesives gives the necessary confidence to always strive to reach new markets. The multicultural character allows the company to be increasingly present in all markets and to meet the most varied requests, always with the assurance of quality, which is the hallmark of the production.
This company‘s steadily growing internationalization permits the boost of the technological and corporate developments, as it introduces them to different cultures and new needs. This is how it has been possible to market increasingly innovative products and technologies, always maintaining the brand’s image of reliability.
Colquímica Adhesives’ “just in time” policy gives a clear competitive advantage in responding to urgent requests. They are agile and have the capabilities to serve customers in a short period of time, as we always have equipment available for the immediate production of the adhesives requested. All of the manufacturing plants operate within a continuous improvement production model, with rotating shifts. This factor, combined with the benefit of having fully automated equipment, allows Colquímica Adhesives to respond with maximum efficiency, and deliver highly specific adhesives with the utmost promptness and quality.
The distribution network, which includes logistic centres in various locations, allows the proximity to all partners and it is due to this globally consolidated presence that it has been possible to guarantee high satisfaction rates among the partners.
Colquímica Adhesives relies on a vast and specialised sales team, distributed all over the world, which has allowed to reach their target markets.
Colquímica Adhesives has always cultivated interpersonal relationships and a close proximity to all those who join them. Any challenge is welcome with conviction and enthusiasm, in any market and anywhere in the world.
COLQUÍMICA ADHESIVES IN THE MENA REGION
After Europe, Middle East was one of the company’s biggest priorities.
For that matter, in 2016 Colquímica Adhesives created a solution to be able to offer all of its advantages to the customers, fully dedicated technical service and customer service, short lead times, and highly performance competitive products. The strategy was to create a local team in Turkey consisting of commercial and technical members and support them with a warehouse containing buffer stocks of all our products guaranteeing ready stock.
With this strategy, Colquimica has guaranteed to serve all its customers from middle East with the same type of excellency as in Europe.
NONWOVEN AND PERSONAL HYGIENE MARKET
Colquímica Adhesives has a portfolio of Hot Melt adhesives specially developed for the personal hygiene and medical care markets. These are markets that require particular attention, as they are intrinsically linked to people's health and well-being. That is why all products and raw materi- als developed for this area must comply with specific quality, safety and comfort parameters. Many of Colquímica Adhesives’ products have been test-proven for over forty years and developed with the goal of creating the best solutions for this sector.
They are always developed in compliance with the relevant certifications for each application, namely ISO 10993, on the dermatological safety of products. The multidisciplinary knowledge of Colquímica Adhesives’ teams, in pair with the investment made in Research and Development (R&D) and forefront technologies make their agile and efficient capacity of response certain in this competitive market.
KMELT PERFECTCARE and KMELT SPRAYCARE
The products for this area are sold under the brands Kmelt Perfectcare and Kmelt Spraycare and are intended for the manufacture of disposable hygiene and medical products. All of them are made from synthetic raw materials and are available for various applications in this industry, which are:
Construction
Most of these adhesives can be used in high speed machinery and permit low consumption as a result of the optimized viscosity at low application temperatures. Strong cohesion, good adherence, low odour and light colour are assured.
Core Stabilisation
Adhesives that enhance core stability and hold the core as a “spider web effect”. Excellent sprayability characteristics and improved adhesion to SAP and Fluff.
Elastic Attachment
The products for this application guarantee good creep results and enhanced performance according to the needs of each customer.
Positioning
These products have optimized adhesion strength in order to be used for the assembly of various types of fabrics. Low melt characteristics with excellent ageing results, good automation suitability in applications by slot and spray.
Hospital Supplies
Special adhesives for the production of hospital supplies, like surgical sheets, masks, shoe covers and caps. Good performance at low temperatures, with a low odour and light colour, these adhesives have very good adhesion and cohesive strength.
Adhesive Wound Dressings
These products are adequate for the contact with skin. The used technology permits excellent adhesive performance in a variety of substrates and has antiseptic properties.
