BioBond Enters the $9.5B Hot Melt Market With BioBased Technology For Packaging Applications

BioBond Accelerates the Transition to Biobased Hot Melt Adhesives with Better Performance, Better Pricing and Better for Everyone Approach

LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BioBond Adhesives, Inc. ("BioBond"), a leader in innovative biobased adhesives and coatings, today announced its official entry into the packaging hot melt market with the introduction of its BioMelt™ SPKG500 and BioMelt™ SPKG250 product offerings. These new plant-based solutions are now available for sampling.

According to Marc McConnaughey, CEO of BioBond, "The BioMelt™ line joins the company's existing plant-based BioCoat™ antimicrobial coatings and BioAdhere™ adhesive product lines. BioMelt™ is our third product segment that is made from plant based components, USDA biopreferred with no odors and zero microplastics," said McConnaughey.

"With excellent performance and very competitive pricing, we're introducing a game-changer that will have an immediate and significant impact on the industry," said Brad Boelkins, Vice President of Business Development. We expect to scale volume production by the last quarter of 2025.

Dr. Clayton Westerman, BioBond's Chief Science Officer, said, "The development of high-performing, cost-effective, and sustainable biobased products that meet industry demands is challenging. BioBond plans to expand its biobased hot melt portfolio for packaging, with future products featuring faster curing times, higher biobased content, and eventually, pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs)."

BioBond is the second portfolio company launched by Big Idea Ventures' Generation Food Rural Partners I, LP (GFRP) Fund and is based in Lafayette, Indiana.

About BioBond
BioBond Adhesives, Inc. is a material technology company developing new adhesive materials, coatings, and applications that makes our environment a healthier and safer place to live and work. We specialize in the development of biopolymer compounds to displace traditional petroleum-based adhesives and coatings. As the second company formed within BIV's Generation Food Rural Partners (GFRP) Fund, BioBond licenses intellectual property from multiple universities collaborating to develop novel materials to reduce the amount of plastic waste and VOCs such as formaldehydes entering the environment. BioBond headquarters is located in Lafayette, Indiana. For more information, visit https://biobondadhesives.com.

About Generation Food Rural Partners
Generation Food Rural Partners ("GFRP" or the "Fund") is an RBIC-licensed investment fund designed to drive economic growth and development in rural communities in the U.S. The Fund invests in the areas of agriculture, food, and protein technologies to form new companies based on intellectual property, creating living wage jobs at its portfolio companies. GFRP is backed by members of the Farm Credit System, including Farm Credit Services of America, CoBank, Compeer Financial and Mid-America Farm Credit. GFRP is part of Big Idea Ventures (BIV), the world's most active investor in FoodTech. BIV backs leading companies in food technology, AgriTech, and the bioeconomy across the globe. With teams based in New York, Paris, Singapore and India, BIV has invested in over 100 companies across 30 countries. It manages both the Global Food Innovation fund family and GFRP. For more information, visit www.bigideaventures.com/generation-food-rural-partners.

SOURCE BioBond Adhesives, Inc.