Keratin from feathers for the use in adhesives production
Michael Richter
Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB
Adhesives is a growing sector and adhesives producers are always focusing on products innovation, reducing environmental impact of production processes and improving sustainable performances. Nowadays, one of the main topics of the industry is trying to leave fossil raw materials in formulations replacing them with new sources.
Industry sees the rise of demand for greener products, as also regulations are pushing the industry to leave some chemicals in formulations.
Sustainability is a megatrend that will continue to gain steam and manufacturers will only be successful if they will be able to manage different resources and bio based raw materials, adopting new manufacturing methods.