Adhesives & Sealants

Additive and Binder Technologies for High-Performance Adhesives and Sealants

Adhesive and sealant manufacturers face increasing demands for stronger adhesion, lower emissions, improved durability and more efficient processing. Evonik helps address these challenges with advanced additives, binders and formulation technologies for reactive, water-based and solvent-based systems.

As a global supplier with versatile production capabilities, we offer one of the broadest portfolios of chemical building blocks and binders for tailoring adhesive and sealant performance.

Our solutions cover the full formulation toolbox, including polymer technologies, toughening aids, nanotechnology-based modifiers, defoamers, deaerators, and wetting and dispersing additives.

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Common Adhesive & Sealant Challenges We Help Solve

Improve Adhesion

Enhance bonding performance across challenging substrates.

Reduce Emissions

Develop lower-emission formulations that support evolving regulatory requirements.

Optimize Processing

Reduce foam, improve wetting and enhance formulation stability.

Increase Durability

Improve flexibility, toughness and long-term performance.

Whether developing reactive adhesives and sealants, waterborne adhesives, or solventborne systems, manufacturers rely on Evonik to enhance processing efficiency, mechanical strength, durability and application performance.

With production sites, specialized test facilities and laboratories in North America, Europe, and Asia, we can ensure you receive the global technical support and reliable product supply you need.

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From packaging and construction to transportation and industrial assembly, our technologies help manufacturers improve application performance, processing efficiency and product durability.

Reactive Adhesives and Sealants

One- and two-component reactive adhesives are used when strength, durability or fast curing is required. Our additives for reactive adhesives and sealants, including epoxies, polyurethanes, and acrylic systems offer numerous ways to fine-tune mechanical properties, processing behaviour and long‑term performance.

Our silane-modified polymers serve as high-quality binders for your hybrid adhesives and sealants, enabling you to develop formulations that provide strong adhesion, flexibility and low‑emission without hazard labelling. Evonik's technologies support the development of low-emission and sustainable adhesive formulations while maintaining excellent mechanical performance.

These technologies help manufacturers meet demanding construction, transportation and industrial assembly requirements.

Formulators of water-based adhesives must balance sustainability requirements with performance, stability and production efficiency. Water-based adhesives form a bond between two substrates as water evaporates or is absorbed into the substrate.

Evonik provides wetting agents, antifoams, emulsifiers and performance-enhancing additives for the production and optimization of water-based adhesive dispersions. These additives reduce foaming, improve wetting, control rheology behavior and enhance filler dispersion, making it easier to formulate high-performance products for packaging, laminating, PSA and construction adhesives.

Our solutions help reduce foam, improve substrate wetting and create stable, high-performance formulations for packaging, laminating, PSA and construction applications.

To enhance the performance of water-based PSAs, we offer methacrylate monomers.

Solvent-based adhesives are a mixture of polymers and additives dissolved in a solvent and are widely used in household and industrial adhesives, including industrial assembly, shoe sole gluing, tape and construction applications. Our additives support production process stability, improve application properties and enhance the final performance of solventborne adhesive and sealant formulations.

For solventborne adhesive systems, consistent processing, application quality and long-term performance are critical. Evonik additives help improve formulation stability, application behavior and final product performance across a broad range of industrial applications.

From Formulation Development to Commercial Production

Our global technical teams support adhesive and sealant manufacturers with industry-leading expertise in a wide range of formulations and applications:

Technical support and formulation guidance to optimise adhesion, curing, rheology and long‑term performance.
Versatile testing capabilities to evaluate products according to ever-changing industry and regulatory standards.
Tailor‑made formulations for specific applications and niche product requirements.
Custom additive or binder development for customers needing individual performance or regulatory solutions.
Commitment to excellent service and long‑term value, supported by deep process knowledge and physicochemical expertise.