Applications lab.

This developer of rubber-to-metal bonding adhesives for the automotive and industrial markets has expanded its custom applications laboratory that is said to provide customers with an easy means of integrating new adhesives and developing new products without having to interrupt their own production lines. With the capabilities of this full-sized applications laboratory, the company is said to afford customers the ability to test coatings and/or adhesives on their products on smaller sample batches without the inconvenience of scheduling downtime in production schedules. The company is said to recognize that it is extremely difficult for suppliers to launch a new product today because of the time and cost associated with breaking into production to conduct trial evaluations. Such a scenario results in downtime, scrap and fine-tuning of the product and/or process. In response to these constraints, the company decided to bring value to the marketplace by offering pilot production equipment to test products. The applications laboratory was created to aid customers in optimizing their processes for applying product. Instead of just selling a high-quality product in a container, the company offers customers the opportunity to select, test and develop the necessary production processes in order to use the company's products.

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