Modern hygiene products without adhesive bonds are inconceivable nowadays. Our Hygiene business unit whose head office is in Altendorf, has acquired a worldwide reputation as a skilled manufacturer of self-adhesive and mechanical closures for diapers and incontinence pads.

Besides skin-compatible hotmelt adhesives, our Hygiene business unit also develops adhesive tape solutions for hygiene, medical and technical applications.

koester - the adhesive specialist in the hygiene sector

Lohmann subsidiary koester is the leading manufacturer of high-quality self-adhesive and mechanical closures and bonding solutions for hygiene products. Typical applications include closures for diapers and incontinence pads, double-sided adhesive tapes for wadding, bandages and surgical sheets.

Our core skills cover:

•  coating and laminating of film, paper, non-wovens, foam, metal

•  coating of technical adhesive tapes using classical hotmelts, UV-linked adhesives or PUR (polyurethane resin)

•  converting of a wide variety of materials in widths from 4 mm up to 2 m

•  crosswinding of different carriers and finished products

•  extrusion of thermoplastic elastomers

•  prestretching of elastic laminates

•  silicone treatment of non-wovens up to 1300 mm wide

Want to know more? Then visit us at www.koester.de