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OVERVIEW
The UPACO Footwear Products group offers premier adhesive, waterproofing, and bonding solutions to brands worldwide. We have strategically established sales & technical teams and warehousing to provide the best service to our customers across the globe. Our research & development team is focused on creating new technologies that improve our customer’s processes while reducing environmental impact.
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PSA Solutions
We have been custom compounding, reacting, and extruding products for every operation of footwear and allied trade manufacturing for over 40 years. Our service technicians, backed by a fully staffed R&D and testing laboratory, are knowledgeable in the most up-to-date systems and manufacturing processes. They are available world-wide to work with customers to solve problems and introduce innovative new concepts.
FEATURED SOLUTION
In the late 1990s, UPACO chemists noticed customers were increasingly frustrated by the existing process of sole attachment within the footwear industry. For decades, the industry applied what was essentially a wet cement product that adhered shoe elements together. Click here to learn more on how Worthen created a solution with EcoBond®. In other news, we have just acquired Henkel’s footwear business in Mexico! Click here to learn more this acquisition.
COMPANY NEWS
Assembling EV Motors With Adhesive - According to Assembly Mag: Electric motors in cars are omnipresent, but they are also well hidden. In today’s late model vehicles, more than 30 motors are typically used to power a variety of applications, including ABS pumps, central locking systems, exterior mirrors, seat adjusters, window regulators and windshield wipers. However, from a technical point of … Continue reading Assembling EV Motors With Adhesive 
Using Adhesives in the Design and Development of Medical Devices - According to Engineering.com: Reusable medical devices pose some unique challenges for design engineers, particularly when it comes to the proper selection of materials, adhesives, sealants, coatings and encapsulants. Surgical instruments, implantable devices, catheters, endoscopes and ultrasound probes are just some of the medical devices that require adhesives, each requiring their own specific material, adhesive, sealant, … Continue reading Using Adhesives in the Design and Development of Medical Devices 
Innovative Solutions and New Facilities Widen Use of Automotive Adhesives - According to DesignNews: Automotive adhesives present one of the best solutions to adhere components in different parts of an automotive vehicle. From bonding materials in electric motors to keeping components in circuit boards together, the application of automotive adhesives is increasing day by day. Moreover, manufacturers of adhesives are installing new facilities to serve the … Continue reading Innovative Solutions and New Facilities Widen Use of Automotive Adhesives