In tissue paper production, adhesive reliability is essential to ensure product quality, process efficiency, and sustainability. With the Kappasil product line, Kapp-Chemie offers innovative and versatile solutions for ply bonding, pick-up, and tail sealing, providing maximum performance, reduced consumption, and a lower environmental impact
In tissue production, adhesives play a decisive role in determining product quality, process stability, and overall efficiency. In particular, in the manufacture of multi-ply tissue papers — such as toilet rolls or kitchen towels — optimized adhesive systems ensure reliable bonding between layers while meeting requirements for softness, appearance, and high-speed processing.
With the Kappasil range, Kapp-Chemie offers an advanced portfolio of adhesives for ply bonding, pick-up, and final sealing, perfectly adapted to industrial requirements.
Ply-bonding adhesives – high concentration and process reliability
Kappasil ply-bonding adhesives are designed to ensure stable machine operation, high process reliability, and reduced cleaning intervals.
Thanks to their highly concentrated formulations, dosage levels can be significantly reduced — resulting in lower consumption and shorter downtime.
Excellent cleanliness of the embossing rolls minimizes residue build-up on the equipment and maintains consistent production conditions.
Their high versatility — suitable for both toilet tissue and kitchen rolls — enables standardization on a single adhesive type across multiple product lines.
Colored variants are also available, offering not only adhesive functionality but also visual differentiation of the finished product.
Pick-up adhesives – tailored viscosity for controlled transfer
The transfer of the paper or plastic core requires an adhesive viscosity precisely calibrated to the specific product and machine type.
Kappasil Pick-Up adhesives are compatible with various application systems (blade, nozzle, or roller) and allow precise, clean application even at high speeds.
By accurately adjusting viscosity, it is possible to optimize adhesion, cycle times, and overall line efficiency.
Tail-sealing adhesives – liquid or powder formulations
Tail-sealing adhesives ensure secure fixing of the final sheet of the roll, guaranteeing stability during cutting and packaging operations.
Liquid adhesives can be custom-formulated and are easily diluted in water, offering ready-to-use products with maximum process safety.
Powder adhesive systems, on the other hand, provide a cost-effective and sustainable solution thanks to their reduced transport and storage volumes. With dedicated mixing equipment, they can be converted into the desired application form.
Both variants ensure high consumer acceptance and excellent processability on production machines.
Sustainable adhesives – greater efficiency, lower environmental impact
In line with the tissue industry’s drive toward sustainable manufacturing, Kapp-Chemie has developed a range of eco-friendly adhesives that meet environmental targets — particularly in terms of CO₂ emission reduction and energy savings — without compromising functionality or process stability.
Advantages of sustainable adhesives:
- Eco-friendly: reduction of petrochemical raw materials by more than 90%, resulting in a significantly improved environmental footprint
- High performance: strong adhesion, long-term stability, and maximum reliability in application
- Versatile: suitable for all product types, with or without wet-strength treatment
Particularly noteworthy is the sustainable ply-bonding adhesive: since this type is used in the highest quantities within tissue production, it offers the greatest potential to reduce environmental impact, thanks to lower material consumption, better dosage control, and less frequent cleaning requirements.
In addition, Kapp-Chemie’s powder adhesives for tail sealing already enable efficient, resource-saving production.
Value for the tissue industry
The Kappasil line from Kapp-Chemie provides technologically advanced adhesive solutions for the tissue sector.
Thanks to their high active content, excellent machine compatibility, and customizable viscosity profiles, these products significantly contribute to process optimization and production efficiency.
The sustainable variants further enable an environmentally responsible approach without sacrificing performance.
With these solutions, Kapp-Chemie stands out as a reference partner in specialty chemistry for the tissue paper industry.