News Release: Avery Dennison completes bonding study with Fostek™ Corporation’s foam products
The study examines performance of Avery Dennison Core Series™ Portfolio adhesives when bonding to Fostek’s industrial EPDM foams to evaluate best adhesive application.
PAINESVILLE, OHIO (August 12, 2025) - Avery Dennison Performance Tapes today released the sixth in a series of bonding studies that make it easier for converters to evaluate the performance of Avery Dennison Core Series™ Portfolio adhesive products with commonly used materials. This study focuses on Fostek™ Corporation’s EPDM foam products used for NVH (noise, vibration, harshness), acoustic control, water sealing, and other applications.
The study was performed in collaboration with Fostek Corporation at the Avery Dennison Performance Tapes Painesville Innovation Center, an ISO 17025-certified facility that tests under real-world and controlled environmental conditions. The Core Series Portfolio adhesive products were backed with a 2 mil PET film and trimmed to a one-inch width. Two sample sets were laminated to Fostek industrial EPDM foams, one at room temperature and one at 220˚F respectively, with both sets using 30% compression, 20 psi, at 20 fpm, with 72 hours of recovery after lamination.
The resulting study classifies the performance of Core Series adhesives when used with Fostek industrial EPDM foams. Using the study in conjunction with the Avery Dennison Core Series Product Selection Tool allows converters to evaluate bonding strength along with other application requirements to select the right adhesive for the material and application.
“Foam bonding is affected by the foam's base polymer, thickness, and cell type, and adhesion to foam is impacted by adhesive mass, pressure, compression, lamination speed and temperature,” said Deanne Lewis, product manager at Avery Dennison Performance Tapes.
"With this study, converters can confidently specify and quote adhesives for Fostek’s industrial EPDM foams promptly and accurately."
“Our foams deliver outstanding physical properties, mechanical performance, and compatibility with a wide variety of pressure-sensitive adhesives, “ said Andy Blum, sales manager at Fostek Corporation. “We’re pleased to have collaborated on this study with Avery Dennison so designers and engineers can now reference this data to select adhesives with proven performance on how to bond our foam products.”
To view the bonding study from Avery Dennison Performance Tapes, visit the Fostek Bonding Study page.