Tapes feature ease of use, durability and damping properties that address engineering challenges

PAINESVILLE, OHIO (March 4, 2024) – Avery Dennison Performance Tapes today introduced a new portfolio of pressure-sensitive-adhesive (PSA) tape solutions for the appliance industry. The portfolio features a breadth of tapes engineered to further ease of use and assembly, enhance product durability and improve noise/vibration/harshness (NVH) damping qualities for commercial and residential appliances. With the addition of these products, users now have access to nearly forty products designed for use in various applications, including: refrigerators, freezers, ovens, stovetops, dishwashers, dryers and washers.

“Avery Dennison has a track record of working with many industries and developing cutting-edge solutions for our customers across the globe,” said Danielle Wiltrout, product manager, General Industrial, Avery Dennison Performance Tapes North America. “This portfolio addresses some of the toughest challenges in the appliance industry and reflects our commitment to designing products that give our customers solutions to the design and performance issues they may be encountering.”

Whether it’s mounting small parts, brand emblems, decorative items, and plastic trims for exterior applications or bonding gaskets and other interior components, including mounting evaporators and coils, adhering felt and foam materials used for noise and vibration, as well as materials used for heat dissipation, PSA tapes in the appliance industry have myriad applications.

The new appliance portfolio of tapes offers manufacturers a multitude of benefits including:

• Ease of use and Assembly
  • Excellent quick stick, shear and foam bonding qualities that include various types of constructions available for lamination, including: felt, flock, foam, high loft PET and many batting materials.
  • Functions as a lightweight alternative for screws, nuts and bolts.
  • Easy-release liners with the tape products can further facilitate assembly and also include constructions with a finger-lift edge.

• Durability

Designed for high durability providing temperature, moisture, and chemical robustness.

The tape products can also be engineered for multi-substrate bonding, including high and low surface energy (HSE/LSE) substrates.

• Noise/Vibration/Harshness (NVH) damping
• • Constructed with materials designed to absorb sound and vibration waves, a solution that is already used in multiple industries including automotive, aerospace and transportation.

Avery Dennison PSA tape products for appliance manufacturing are part of an expansive portfolio of adhesive solutions that can be utilized in various industries including automotive, transportation, electronics, building and construction, general industrial, and personal care applications. Customers also have access to world-class testing facilities and subject-matter experts who are available to develop customized solutions for specific application needs.

To learn more about the new PSA Tapes appliance portfolio visit  https://tapes.averydennison.com/na/en/home/industries/appliances.html.

About Avery Dennison Performance Tapes

Avery Dennison Performance Tapes is a world-class operation focused on developing and manufacturing high-performance pressure-sensitive adhesives and tapes for a broad range of applications in automotive, appliances, electronics, building and construction, specialty industrial and personal care segments. The organization has 50 years of experience supplying standard and customized pressure-sensitive materials designed to deliver innovative solutions for customers’ needs across the globe. Worldwide manufacturing facilities ensure a global presence supported by local sales, technical and customer service throughout the regions. Learn more at www.tapes.averydennison.com.

 About Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides a wide range of branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. Our products and solutions include labeling and functional materials, radio frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and a variety of products and solutions that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience. Serving an array of industries worldwide — including home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive — we employ approximately 35,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Our reported sales in 2023 were $8.4 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.