Worthen Industries began in 1866 and has since grown to offer fifteen product lines across five US locations. It manufactures specialty adhesives, coatings, coated products, and thermoplastic extrusion. The document provides an overview of Worthen Industries' capabilities and product lines, including adhesive coated products, advanced canvas technologies, co-polyester products, film laminating adhesives, foam fabricating adhesives, and footwear products.

1. 150 YEARS OF INNOVATION

2. WorthenIndustries.com
Worthen Industries began in 1866 as Union Paste
Company (Upaco). We have since grown to offer fifteen
distinct product lines. We embrace sustainability and
operate in a fully responsible manner according to our
Corporate Values.
01. INTRODUCING OUR COMPANY
Worthen Industries, Inc. manufactures specialty
adhesives, coatings, coated products, and thermoplastic
extrusion. Our UPACO (Union Paste Co.) & NYLCO (New
York Laminating Co.) divisions consists of 15 Product Lines
in our 5 U.S. locations that specifically focus our services
on our customer’s needs. We are a service-driven
company that adds value through our Research and
Development capabilities to provide custom solutions
throughout the marketplace.
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1. NASHUA SOUTH, NH
2. NASHUA NORTH, NH
3. RICHMOND, VA
4. CLINTON, MA
5. GRAND RAPIDS, MI
We don’t sell products--we sell solutions.
That means when you present our team with a
challenge, we are committed to finding you the
answer. We have the resources of five production
facilities and fifteen Business Units at our disposal
to tackle thoseproblems that other companies won’t.
Worthen has sales representatives and distribution
centers worldwide

3. 02. CAPABILITIES
Need help finding the right solution
for your needs? Need a custom solution?
TALK TO A SALES REP: 1-800-WORTHEN
CONVERTING
Our flexibility and experience allows us to handle the most
difficult webs. Throughout the many Worthen locations, we
provide various converting services for a wide range of
substrates: Slitting | Sheeting | Spooling | Calendaring
| Die Cutting | Laminating | Corona treatment
CUSTOM ADHESIVES & COATINGS
Our R&D chemists are experienced formulators of water
based, solvent based, hotmelts, 100% solids and
thermoplastic resin blend products. Please contact us to
discuss having a product designed to meet your
specifications.
FILM EXTRUSION
Worthen Industries extrudes thermoplastic resins for
supported or unsupported film products. Our in-house
development and processing capabilities allows us to
create thermoplastic compounds and blends for the most
demanding physical, environmental, and post-processing
applications.
WEB COATING
Worthen Industries specializes in our ability to coat many
different types of substrates. Over the years we have invested
in a variety of coating technologies to provide unique
product development solutions for our customer base.
TOLL MANUFACTURING
We encourage you to contact us to discuss your specific
requirements for toll manufacturing. Please use the
Contact Us form or phone us: 603-888-5443
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4. Peter Holland, Business Unit Manager:
pwholland@worthenind.com,
O: (603) 821-5956, C: (603) 490-5541
Worthen Adhesive Coated Products specializes in applying
pressure sensistive adhesives to a wide variety of substrates.
Our technologies provide us the flexibility of using solvent,
water-base, and hot melt chemistries dependent on the specific
application. Our key markets are Medical and Industrial, but we
pride ourselves on customization and being able to provide PSA
solutions to any industry. Whether you need a wide PSA web, or
material converted to a narrow width, Worthen ACP can provide
the solution.
PRODUCTS
Medical Films
Medical Foams
Medical Fabrics
Industrial Tapes
Carpet Tile Tapes
Woven Poly Tapes
Custom Coated PSAs
OUR FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES
Films (Urethane, Polyolefin, and polyester)
Textiles (Woven, Knits, and Non Woven)
Foams (Cross Linked Polyethylene and Urethane)
Woven Poly
Felts
Paper
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03. ADHESIVE COATED PRODUCTS
Worthen’s unique ability to combine film extrusion with the
application of a pressure sensitive adhesive is a process that
can be used in many medical and industrial applications.
Combining these two processes can eliminate the need to
purchase and assemble multiple parts.
CAPABILITIES: Converting | Custom Adhesives & Coatings
| Web Coating | Film Extrusion | Toll Manufacturing

5. Advanced Canvas Technologies designs and manufactures
custom coated canvases and fabrics under our Perception
brand for use in graphic art products.
We are a group of dedicated, passionate professions who work
together with industry leaders to design and produce products
that continually raise and re-establish industry standards. Our
mission is simple: Consistently and sustainably manufacture and
deliver the highest quality, innovative American-made “craft” wide
format media.
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04. ADVANCED CANVAS
“The bottom line is Perception has the best product to meet
our needs coupled with the fact that they work hand-in-hand
with us, as a partnership.”
Mark Lakey, Art Warehouse
VISIT US AT PERCEPTIONWF.COM
PERCEPTION® Product Lines
PERCEPTION®Canvases
PhotoFab® Fabrics
WindoFrog™ Films
PERCEPTION® PVC Free Wallpaper
PERCEPTION
Is a growing line of specialty coated
canvases and fabrics designed for artistic
demands of the graphic arts market.
We tailor our chemistry perfect offerings
for the individual customer’s print
platform. We foresee our growth in this
market through continual investment in
technology and manufacturing assets.

6. Worthen Industries is the exclusive North American distributor
for SK resins, a High Molecular Weight Saturated Co-polyester.
Worthen can provide these resins in solvated and unsolvated
form. You will find such resins in food packaging, can coating, heat
sealable films, laminating adhesives, automotive, sail, signage and
non-woven markets, to name a few.
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05. CO-POLYESTER PRODUCTS
SKYBON is a line of saturated co-polyester resins with excellent
adhesion and flexibility. The environmentally friendly profile and
high molecular weight make it ideal for coil-coating,
food/beverage can coating, and clear varnish for paper.
Available in 3 distinct grades, SKYBON works excellently with
high-quality inks, high strength adhesives, and sizing agents.
SK and Worthen have developed a close
relationship over the years and can
customize resin to tailor their properties
to meet specific customer requirements.
So whether it be a tank truck or a bag of
resin, Worthen can meet your needs.
PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS
EH Hot-Melt Resins: Automotive Filters,
Label & Spangle, & FFC film.
ES Solvant-Borne Resins: PCM for
appliances, Can Coating & Ink, FFC film,
& Industrial Adhesives.
EW Water-Borne Resins: Sizing Agent for
textiles, over print varnish (paper
coating), & adhesion promoter.
Resin Selector and FDA Reference Guides
available upon request.

7. Worthen Industries Film Laminating division manufactures
high quality adhesives for the flexible packaging market. Our
product offering includes standard solvent based, solventless, and
water based adhesives, as well as coatings. You can find these
products at work in every aisle of your grocery store as well as in
the medical, window treatment, cosmetic and industrial markets.
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06. FILM LAMINATING ADHESIVES
Although specifications for each product and capability can be
provided, we encourage you to speak with one of our customer
service representatives. Our talented and experienced R&D
team of chemists, scientists, and engineers works with our
customers to figure out how we can meet your unique needs.
We take pride in our customization
and the ability to develop solutions
that add value to our customer.
We welcome the challenge and
opportunity to provide solutions.
PRODUCTS
Primers
Lacquers
Adhesive Heat Seal Coatings
Industrial Adhesives
Food/Medical/
Cosmetic Packaging Adhesives

8. Worthen Industries is the exclusive North American distributor
for SK resins, a High Molecular Weight Saturated Co-polyester.
Worthen can provide these resins in solvated and unsolvated
form. You will find such resins in food packaging, can coating, heat
sealable films, laminating adhesives, automotive, sail, signage and
non-woven markets, to name a few.
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07. FOAM FABRICATING ADHESIVES
SKYBON is a line of saturated co-polyester resins with excellent
adhesion and flexibility. The environmentally friendly profile and
high molecular weight make it ideal for coil-coating,
food/beverage can coating, and clear varnish for paper.
Available in 3 distinct grades, SKYBON works excellently with
high-quality inks, high strength adhesives, and sizing agents.
SK and Worthen have developed a close
relationship over the years and can
customize resin to tailor their properties to
meet specific customer requirements. So
whether it be a tank truck or a bag of resin,
Worthen can meet your needs.
PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS
EH Hot-Melt Resins: Automotive Filters,
Label & Spangle, & FFC film.
ES Solvant-Borne Resins: PCM for
appliances, Can Coating & Ink, FFC film,
& Industrial Adhesives.
EW Water-Borne Resins: Sizing Agent for
textiles, over print varnish (paper
coating), & adhesion promoter.
Resin Selector and FDA Reference Guides
available upon request.

9. The UPACO Footwear Products group offers PermaSeal®
Systems used for waterproof footwear and EcoBond® film
adhesives for both sole (in-mold) and upper (Stitchless®)
footwear applications. Additionally, we offer liquid bonding
adhesives (both solvent and water-based, natural and synthetic),
standard hot melts, and PUR’s (polyurethane reactive).
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08. FOOTWEAR PRODUCTS
We have been custom compounding, reacting, and extruding
products for every operation of footwear and allied trade
manufacturing for over 40 years. Our teams are available
world-wide to work with customers to solve problems and
introduce innovative new concepts.
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.
PRODUCTS
Adhesives & Primers: 100% Solid,
Water-Based, and Solvent-Based
Waterproofing: Seam Sealers and
Permaseal®
Ecobond® Films: Sole / Midsole
Attaching Films and Stitchless® Films

10. The Paper Converting and Packaging Adhesives Group
supplies adhesives and coatings to paper converters and
general packagers of industrial and consumer products.
We formulate and manufacture all types of adhesives
including: water based, hot melt, solvent based, reactive, and
extruded film adhesives.
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09. PAPER CONVERTING AND PACKAGING ADHESIVES
We provide Natural Based Adhesives that are Starch, Dextrin,
and/or Casein based for glass labeling, paper laminating, box
forming/closing, and remoistenables market. Starch/Dextrin
based adhesives used in the glass bottle labeling, paper
laminating, box forming, and remoistenables for envelop gums.
Casein Pastes are also used in the labeling of glass bottles, which
provides excellent ice water resistance, but is easy to remove
during the recycling process.
Our extensive experience in the
industry and advanced capabilities
position us towork with customers’
unique applications to find an
adhesive that optimizes cost per part
and efficiency in labor. We provide
safe-to-use products to meet
ever-changing regulatory mandates.
PRODUCTS
Natural Based Adhesives
Foil Laminating
Paper Coatings
Case & Carton Sealing Adhesives
Book Binding Adhesives

11. Worthen Performance Coated Fabrics Group specializes in coating
fabrics with synthetic rubber and plastic coatings including
silicone, neoprene, vinyl, urethane, butyl, acrylic, olefins and
EPDM based TPR. Depending on the application or your custom
specification a wide range of base fabric selections are offered
including woven and nonwoven construction of polyester, polycotton,
nylon, glass, Kevlar or Nomex.
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10. PERFORMANCE COATED FABRICS
Chemistry is the core of our business. Our fabric coating
development team starts with basic bench chemistry to build your
product from the ground up. We’ll optimize your textile coating
performance and cost to make you successful and profitable. At
Worthen Performance Coated Fabrics, our ability to fully integrate
material design, process engineering and proven production
capabilities produces a final coated fabric product designed to
give you a competitive edge in today’s marketplace.
We offer a wide range of physical,
environmental and decorative
properties to suit your needs. We meet
environmental-friendly regulations
with careful design and development
dedicated to your needs and the
needs of your customer.
PRODUCTS
Custom Coated Fabrics
Specialty Coatings & Compounds
Specialty Covers & Tarps
HVAC / Duct Work
Soft Wall / Tent Structure
Flexible Ducting

12. The Performance Coatings and Adhesives Group serves the
automotive, textile, and related industries by providing superior
coating and adhesive systems utilizing water- and solvent-borne
urethanes and acrylics for coating and laminating nylon and
polyester fabrics.
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11. PERFORMANCE COATINGS AND ADHESIVES
We offer halogen-free alternatives to solvent-based flame
retardant urethanes for the textile industry. These
environmentally-friendly products are equally as effective as their
halogenated counterparts. All of our coatings can be
custom-formulated to meet your specific requirements. So
whether your markets are the military, aerospace or general
commercial applications, we can meet all your flame retardant
coatings needs.
Our products are valuable for a variety
of industrial, commercial, and apparel
applications. We possess extensive
compounding and polymerization
capabilities, and we offer toll and
contract manufacturing services to a
variety of industries.
PRODUCTS AND MARKETS
Textile applications
Automotive applications
PBDE-Free Fire Retardant Coating
Air Holding Devices
Product Care Label Coatings

13. The Printable Fabric Solutions Group provides coated and
laminated woven fabrics, nonwovens, and certain films for label
converters and commercial printers. Our products are used in a
broad range of applications; including apparel care tags, durable PSA
labels, and medical consumables. The Printable Fabric Solutions
group has been developing unique product solutions for the label
market for over 4 decades.
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12. PRINTABLE FABRIC SOLUTIONS
The Worthen Printable Fabric Solutions Group provides a
series of unique synthetic products for the digital imaging
under their brand Fusion Digital Paper.
Learn more at
FusionDigitalPaper.com.
Our coated products are engineered to
be compatible with all modern printing
methods, ink chemistries, and
converting processes. Coated fabrics are
used in label and commercial print
applications that require sewing,
durability, flexibility and conformability,
or unique aesthetic attributes.
PRODUCTS
Tag & PSA Stock
Automotive Interior Labels
Apparel Labels
Military Labels
Medical & Bioconsumables Labels
Mattress & Furniture Labels
Product specification sheets available
upon request

14. If interested in finding out more, please
contact Bob Sampson at 603-821-5901
or bsampson@worthenindustries.com
The Sampson Rib Group supplies Insole Rib and Rib Attaching
Machinery to top manufacturers of Goodyear Welted Footwear
worldwide. Prime Manufacturing and Sampson are Worthen brands
that have been manufacturing Insole Rib in the U.S.A. since 1935. We
have over 100 variations of insole rib for all kinds of shoes. We
manufacture two of the most preferred Rib Attaching machinery in the
world, and our products are available worldwide, with distribution
centers on every continent.
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13. SAMPSON RIB & MACHINERY
RIB LAYER BUY BACK PROGRAM
We buy back Sampson Rib Attaching Machines that you no
longer need as a part of our sustainability initiative. This helps
us maintain demands and low operating costs by reconditio-
ning machines and getting them back into circulation at a value
to the customer.
INSOLE RIB
The Sampson Rib Group offers a wide variety
of rib styles that vary in width, thickness,
adhesive, and base fabric construction to
meet the variety of footwear styles and
demands, including Berry compliance for
military applications. If we do not have exactly
what you are looking, we will work with you to
customize a solution.
INSOLE RIB MACHINERY
In addition to insole rib, we provide
rib-attaching machines, parts, and
servicing for both the Sampson and Prime
designs. We have machines available for
sale, but we also offer low lease options to
our Insole Rib customers. Our new
Sampson TM-14 model simplifies
operation, improves ergonomics, and
reduces maintenance cost.

15. The Specialty Adhesives and Coatings Group provides standard and
custom-made adhesives, sealants, and coatings for a wide variety of
applications. Some of the markets that utilize our products are:
automotive, building products, industrial, medical, and military. We
focus on developing environmentally-friendly solutions for our
customers’ applications.
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14. SPECIALTY ADHESIVES AND COATINGS
At the Specialty Adhesives and Coatings Group, we take great
pride in our products and our ability to develop custom
adhesives, sealants, coatings, and processes to serve our
customers. We welcome the opportunity to work with you to
develop environmentally-friendly solutions to your adhesive and
coating needs.
We offer standard and custom PSAs.
They can be water based, hot-melts,
or solvent based. Our synthetic
rubber based (SIS, SBS) adhesives
exhibit high tack, peel and shear
properties as well as adhesion to low
energy surfaces. We also offer
urethane-based PSAs, which offer
removability with high peel force.
PRODUCTS
Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
Contact Adhesives
Heat Activated Adhesives
Synthetic Turf Products
Acoustical Panels & Soundproofing
Roofing Products
Polyurethane Technology
Primers

16. Worthen Industries’ Staple and Nail Product Group serves the
fastener industry with custom designed staple and nail adhesives,
coatings, and collating tape. We can custom design solutions to
solve individual problems.
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15. STAPLE AND NAIL PRODUCT
CT-2775 is a cleaner/tape remover that is based on (>96%)
renewable, readily biodegradable and USP-grade raw materials
that allows customers to safely and effectively remove the
adhesive and paper from their scrapped nails, so that they can be
reclaimed and introduced back into the collating process.
If you need an adhesive, coating, or
heat-sealable tape for an unusual wire
application, contact our technical
group. We will review your request
and work with you to develop the
most effective and efficient solution
possible.
Our products include: staple and
staple wire band adhesive for all sizes
and applications, nail and staple
secondary coatings for performance
enhancement, and heat sealable
collating tapes for a wide range of
fastener sizes.

17. Worthen Performance Films produces high-performance
thermoplastic films. We are Innovation and Solution Driven to
Customer’s unique challenges in a wide range of markets. Our three
extrusion lines provides us the capability to produce adhesive and
barrier films that not only solve a variety of challenges, but add value
to our customer.
We specialize in co-extrusion with films up to 68” and up to 20 mil
thick. We also have the ability to extrude onto various substrates.
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16. WORTHEN PERFORMANCE FILMS
WPF offers a specialized adhesive film for headliner lamination.
The film not only adds value with performance, but also simplifies
the process and reduces waste.
SOME OF THE MARKETS WE
SERVE ARE:
Automotive
Medical
Decorative
Aerospace
Apparel
Footwear
Staple & Nail
Military
BASE CHARACTERISTICS
Thermoplastic Polyurethane
Nylon
Polyester
Polyolephins
APPLICATIONS
Laminations
Number & Letter (Die Cut)
Apparel Construction
Inflatables
Waterproofing
Banner Properties
Adhesive Properties
Printable
Moldable
Bladders
Water Bottle
Head Rest
Door Panel
Automotive Interiors

18. Tomark-Worthen LLC, a joint venture between Worthen Industries
and Tomark, produces industry-leading films for solar panels. These
high performance thermoplastic films are constantly being developed
to serve the ever changing renewable market. Learn more at
tomark-worthen.com
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17. TOMARK-WORTHEN
Tomark-Worthen combines over 20 years of Tomark's PV
experience with Worthen's over 100 years of Manufacturing
Experience. We are experts in PV backsheets and
Fluoropolymers with the capability to make the products you
need to be competitive.
PHOTOMARK® REFLECTION PV
BACKSHEETS
Using backsheet to separate module
bus wire is costly and prone to poor
adhesion, but Tomark-Worthen
manufactures an EPE buss wire
insulation proven to be the most
reliable and cost-effective way to
handle buss wire insulation.
KYNAR PVDF TOPSHEETS
Designed with thin film modules in mind,
Tomark-Worthen’s Kynar® PVDF films are
the competitive alternative to ETFE or
FEP topsheets.