Adhesives

For over 50 years, Huntsman has been a pioneer in high-performance adhesive technologies. As a strategic partner to customers in many industries worldwide, Huntsman tailors its products and services to the ever-evolving market needs. With a robust portfolio of epoxy, polyurethane, acrylate and phenolic technologies, Huntsman adhesives provide superior joining and bonding solutions for plastics, metals, composite materials and many other substrates.

Aerospace and Defense

Production process improvement, innovation in design, weight savings and compliance to stringent aerospace safety standards have become vital to aerospace manufacturers. In today’s climate, the industry is under pressure to boost productivity and lower operating costs. To address these needs, Huntsman offers an aerospace adhesives range that can help our customers improve production throughput by up to 80% and achieve weight savings of up to 75% when compared to mechanical fasteners.

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Automation, Robotics and Engineering

For many manufacturing applications, adhesives have crossed a critical point in advancement and are now successfully competing with alternate bonding methods on strength and longevity, while offering clear advantages on quality, costs, time and weight, while maintaining or improving performance and aesthetics, and environmental performance.

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Automotive and Transportation

While the level of global business competition in automotive and transportation is high, manufacturers need solutions to help sustain their competitive edge and secure long-term growth. Production process improvement, innovation in design, weight savings, compliance to stringent safety and environmental standards and low process costs have become vital to success. In this context, adhesives can play an even greater role, providing well established solutions, as well as more advanced and innovative developments for various bonding applications.

Huntsman offers a complete range of certified adhesives (EN 45545-2 and Lloyd’s registered).

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Building and Construction

Construction and civil engineering require large surface bonding and thick joints. Adhesives display good adhesion, improve performance and are easy to use. Due to these benefits, the use of adhesives is increasing in the construction industry. Our aim at Huntsman is to provide a high-strength joining, or connection, between two surfaces with a strong, long-lasting bond.

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Electronics

The increasing consumer demand for safety features, comfort, stability and high-performance has led to an increase in the use of electronic components across many industries. The demand for lightweight and portable equipment such as smartphones, laptops, notebooks and digital cameras is also driving the use of adhesives. Furthermore, the introduction of stringent regulatory standards relating to automobile safety has led to the incorporation of safety features such as ABS, sensors, and detectors in vehicles. Adhesives are widely used in automobile electronic components as they can withstand exposure to harsh environmental conditions.

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Energy

Huntsman offers a robust portfolio of adhesive materials across most major energy sectors, such as oil, natural gas, wind and solar. Our broad range of adhesive materials helps our customers achieve design flexibility and lightweighting, while maximizing safety, production and efficiency. Huntsman is proud to offer a global manufacturing footprint, as well as regional technical centers, to support customers where they need us most.

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Footwear

Huntsman thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) used in hotmelt films and other adhesive formulations can deliver numerous benefits in many footwear applications, including material laminations and adhesion of shoe uppers to shoe soles. TPUs can enable automation, reduce waste, and help improve performance and design flexibility, making it easier to differentiate end products.

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Sports and Leisure

Reduced weight and manufacturing costs, increased stress distribution and vibration resistance, and improved performance and aesthetics are many features provided by the Huntsman adhesives range. Huntsman has the right adhesives that your application requires to achieve complex designs and a competitive advantage.

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Huntsman Knows How Podcast

In this episode we welcome guests Mark Ecker, Senior Account Manager for Adhesives, and Mike Andreotta, Regional Marketing Manager for the Automotive and Industrial markets. We’ll be discussing why adhesives are important in manufacturing today, how product design engineers go about selecting the right adhesive, and unique applications where choosing an adhesive over mechanical fasteners positively "changed the game" in product design. You’ll also learn some interesting facts about adhesives, their history, and how everything you use every day is impacted by adhesives.

To learn more about Huntsman adhesives please visit https://www.huntsman.com/materials/adhesives