Conveyor and power transmission belting supplier Ammega has overhauled a suburban Atlanta facility to use safer and more sustainable adhesives, company officials said this week.
The Buford, Georgia, hub is Ammega’s first synthetic facility across its global operations to exclusively use water-based adhesives. Those adhesives, officials said, replace chemical carries such as acetone or toluene — and “significantly” reduce atmospheric pollution. Aqueous adhesives are also more biodegradable and more sustainable overall, officials added, and would help the company conform to forthcoming environmental regulations, particularly in Europe.
Officials said that the project strengthened Ammega’s production capacity in the U.S., as well, which would allow for faster lead times, more resilient supply chains and increased support for both distributors and OEMs…