Exterior
Henkel is a leader in the development of adhesives, sealants, and surface treatments for automotive exterior components. Our products are designed to deliver a more durable, attractive vehicle while providing greater manufacturing efficiency. Our products add integrity to the ornamentation, lighting, weatherstrip profiles, sunroofs, door modules, hardware, wheels, fascia, grilles, spoilers, moldings and structural plastic components spanning the entire body, chassis, exterior of a vehicle.
When it comes to surface treatments, whether you require a metal treatment or have a need to clean plastics prior to paint – Henkel has you covered. Our metalworking coolants and lubricants are designed to reduce overall manufacturing costs and permit the production of quality parts, time and time again. And, our advanced metal and plastic bonding adhesives and sealants withstand the demands placed upon today’s vehicles.
Products:
Adhesives and Sealants - Henkel offers a variety of advanced-technology adhesives for automotive exteriors including hot melts, water based, instant cure and light cure options. Applications include:
- Fasteners
- Liquid and pre-applied thread sealers
- Porosity sealing
- Aluminum castings
- Functional parts/hardware
- BSR isolation
- Electrical encapsulation
- Liquid-dispensed sealants
- Processing equipment and services
- Dispensing
- Curing
- Quality control monitoring
Chemical Specialties - Henkel’s chemical specialty products and services have a sustained, proven reputation for performance. The company’s experts work to ensure that products meet customers’ application and quality needs. Henkel provides chemical specialty solutions for common and unique challenges faced by the automotive industry.
Engineering Adhesives - Henkel’s offers a variety of engineering adhesives for automotive exteriors. Various applications include:
- Lighting
- Lens-to-housing assembly
- Lens-to-housing sealing
- UV anti-scratch coatings
- Connector potting
- Lamp potting
- Close-out gasket assembly
- Plastic washing
- Ornamentation
- Ornamentation doming
- Pressure-sensitive systems
- Sealing profiles
- PVC to glass adhesives
- PVC to metal adhesives
- Rubber bonding technology
- Mastics
- Watershield
- Pressure-sensitive assembly systems
- Foamed, liquid-applied gaskets
Lubricants - Henkel lubricants offer an array of products and services for vehicle exteriors such as metal production, forming, machining, grinding, corrosion protection and in-process cleaning. The lubricants and metalworking fluids product line includes solutions for:
- Anti-seize
- Bulk deformation
- Machining
- Maintenance
- Rubber
- Rust preventatives
- Stamping
Metal Pretreatment - For steel, galvanized, aluminum or plastic, Henkel is the world market leader with the most complete line of cleaning, conditioning and conversion coating processes. The surface treatment product line includes solutions such as:
- Acid and alkaline cleaners
- Non-chrome passivates
- Chrome-free conversion coatings
- Manganese phosphates
- Nano-ceramic pretreatments
- Non-chrome post-treatments
- Plastic pretreatments
- Surface conditioners
- Zinc and iron phosphate coatings
Benefits:
Henkel’s extensive product portfolio offers a variety of benefits including:
Environmental Sustainability
- Offers safer ways to use chemistries
- Reduces operator exposure
Improved Operating Efficiency
- Offers automation for process control and cost reductions
- Provides technical support to maximize in-plant operation efficiency
- Develops products designed for bath life extension without use of routine tank side additives
- Reduces operator exposure and offers safer ways to use chemistries without loss of performance
Cost Effectiveness
- Reduces operating expenses – time, energy and manpower
Customer Service
- Offers complete source for chemical technologies
- Develops custom solutions to improve vehicle design, performance and process for its automotive and transportation industry partners
- Provides unmatched research, design and testing capabilities
Increased Productivity
- Decreases overall operating expenses
- Increases plant profitability
- Increases operation up time
Global Capability
- Operations throughout the world to serve customers globally
- Project management using worldwide resources
