Discover what’s possible at Henkel’s North American Interior & Exterior Solutions Center for Vehicle Components—an application-focused environment where innovation meets the realities of modern automotive manufacturing. The center brings together customers, engineers, and Henkel’s technical experts to evaluate, validate, and optimize material and process solutions across the full component lifecycle—from surface preparation and adhesive application to forming, bonding, and final assembly.
Accelerate product development and improve component performance by optimizing and validating material solutions under real‑world conditions. This center provides a production‑relevant environment that mirrors automotive manufacturing, enabling materials and applications to be refined, tested, and confirmed with confidence for full‑scale deployment.
Henkel's Interior and Exterior Solution Center enables customers to test and validate a wide range of matierals and chemisties - taking into account unique component requirements
Henkel’s interior and exterior component solutions combine performance and sustainability. In our Applications Lab, this is demonstrated through Debonding‑on‑Demand technologies that enable easier repair and end‑of‑life separation, and mono‑material adhesive solutions designed to support higher recycled‑content substrates—helping customers advance circularity without compromising performance.
Our Interior and Exterior Solution Center is designed to replicate real‑world manufacturing conditions, enabling our team to evaluate and validate material behavior across a wide range of substrates, shapes, and application methods. With a suite of flexible, production‑relevant technologies, we help ensure your components receive the right surface preparation and adhesive application parameters before they ever reach mass production.
Our lab environment allows us to rapidly iterate, compare technologies, and fine‑tune processes—supporting early parameter definition for consistent, reliable performance. Equipped with a diverse set of advanced systems, our lab features technologies such as:
- Flame and plasma surface‑treatment equipment
- Six‑axis ABB robot for automated dispensing with interchangeable dispense heads
- Spray booth for controlled application testing
- Roll coater for hotmelt technologies
- Vacuum press for complex, 3D component forming
- Lamination press for multilayer assembly validation
This integrated setup accelerates development cycles, reduces risk during scale‑up, and provides a clear pathway to production‑ready solutions—tailored to your specific parts, materials, and manufacturing environments.
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