Self-adhesive Materials for the automotive and electrical industry

We coat our base papers with water-based dispersions using the curtain coating process. Depending on the requirements, we combine different dispersions and papers to specifically create grease barriers, water vapour barriers and heat-sealability — without the need for thick plastic film lamination.

Yes. We deliberately opt for water-based coatings rather than traditional composite materials. This ensures that the fibre content remains the dominant component, and the paper can be recycled in existing paper recycling plants, much like uncoated paper.

No. Our water-based dispersions are polymer-based and therefore also contain plastics. However, unlike traditional paper-plastic composites, we do not use any lamination or extrusion of thick films onto the paper. Furthermore, we are already working on barrier coatings that are entirely plastic-free.

In traditional paper-plastic composites, the paper is laminated with a plastic film (usually PE or PP), which makes recycling within the waste paper stream difficult or impossible. Instead, our barrier papers are coated with a thin, water-based functional layer applied directly to the paper fibres. This ensures that the material remains paper-based and can be recycled within the waste paper cycle, rather than ending up in thermal recovery.

The plastic content is significantly lower than that of film-laminated composites and is minimised depending on the application and the required barrier properties. As paper is the main component, our material is classified under the PPWR recyclability criteria as paper-based packaging that can be recycled within the existing recycling stream — unlike composite materials, which will be subject to significantly stricter requirements in future. We would be happy to discuss specific figures and classifications in a personal meeting.