2025 Hot Melt Short Course

Become a 'Hot Melt Authority' at your company!

Co-located with the 2025 Convention & EXPO is a 1.5 day Hot Melt Short Course will take place April 14-15, 2025.

This course presents formulation strategies, based on application and performance requirements for a variety of hot melt adhesive markets by industry experts. Learn how plasticizers, tackifiers and waxes are used to enhance base polymers for optimized processing and properties along with application methods, characterization and testing of formulations, and resulting bonded assemblies.

Program Topics (tentative):
• Packaging and Paper Converting Adhesives
• Nonwoven Adhesives
• PSA labels and tapes
• Assembly Adhesives
• Styrene Block Coplymers
• Polyolefins
• Reactive Polyurethanes
• UV Hot Melts
• Product Development; Biobased Hot Melt
• Waxes
• Tackifiers
• Plasticizers

If you are interested in presenting any of the topics above, contact Mani Singh at mani.singh@ascouncil.org.

Download the Hot Melt Short Course Handout

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This course is designed for anyone involved with selecting, formulating and/or implementing hot melt adhesive technology for specific applications. Sales, product managers and marketing professionals would also benefit by increasing technical depth of additive options available for tailored solutions to product requirements.

NOTE: Short course participants are invited to join the industry at the Welcome Reception Monday evening April 14th and the EXPO on Tuesday night to network with the industry.

REGISTRATION FEES:

Short Course ONLY: ASC Member/End-User: $780 • Nonmember: $1,220

Short Course with Convention:
Early bird: ASC Member/End-User: $1,140 • Nonmember: $1,962
Regular: ASC Member/End-User: $1,245 • Nonmember: $2,065

NOTE: if you are registering for the convention and the short course you MUST select the 'Convention Combo Fee' to register for the convention at the discounted rate.

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*Early bird combo rates expire on February 21, 2025.  No refunds after March 2