Body & assembly

Henkel’s depth of complete solutions for automotive body and assembly applications make vehicles quieter and longer-lasting, while providing additional comfort, strength and safety. 
Henkel delivers a more durable, attractive vehicle while providing greater manufacturing efficiency. Henkel’s expertise and products help ensure outstanding quality throughout body-in-white, body shop, paint line and assembly applications. These automotive technologies ensure vehicles not only look great in the showroom, but also stand up to the rigors of everyday driving.

As a result, engineers at leading OEMs, systems integrators and tiered suppliers trust Henkel to provide custom solutions for today’s vehicles. Henkel’s innovative solutions make vehicles quieter and longer-lasting, while providing additional comfort, strength and safety.

Typical solutions for Automotive Body & Assembly

Surface Treatments & Coating

• Metal pretreatments for corrosion protection and paint adhesion
• Surface treatments for precoated steel body panels
• Acrylics and waxes for cavity, underbody and transport protection
• Anti-chip coating for underbody and rocker panel

Adhesives & Sealants

• Adhesives for bonding to low surface energy substrates
• Adhesives for hemflange and anti-flutter applications
• Glazing adhesives for glass and polycarbonate bonding
• Sealants and sealing tapes for seams and joints in the body or paint shop
• Structural adhesives for body bonding

Acoustics

• Liquid-applied sound deadeners

Lubricants

• Lubricants for body panel stamping, hydroform frame rails and exhaust components

Patrs and Foams

• Structural parts and foams for reinforcement and NVH protection improvement
• Acoustic parts for cavity sound blocking and isolation and dampening