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Lafarge constructs sturdy shipments

A water-based palletizing adhesive helps stabilize pallet loads of construction materials in transit.

Adhesive helps stabilize pallet loads, which benefits shipments in transit and makes them easier to stack for Lafarge's customer
Adhesive helps stabilize pallet loads, which benefits shipments in transit and makes them easier to stack for Lafarge's customer

Grim is the mental picture the mind paints of heavy bags of cement or other construction materials falling off flatbed trucks on the western New York freeway system or between Atlanta and Charlotte. Yet that dark image occasionally became a reality before Lafarge North America began using a palletizing adhesive to stabilize bags on pallets prior to transit.

“We travel along some pretty rough highways, but now that we apply the adhesive to our bags, we’ve eliminated that from happening on those rugged roads,” asserts Jim Nicholos. He’s the technical manager with Herndon, VA-based Lafarge North America. The company supplies materials for residential, commercial, institutional, and public works construction projects in the United States and Canada.

Called Lock n’ Pop®, the invisible water-based palletizing adhesive from Key Tech is often used in addition to stretch wrap to stabilize multiwall bags that contain between 70 and 94 lb of dry cement or aggregates.

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