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Salisbury plant Solution Acrylics Lead Operator Benny Young monitors a batch during the reaction process from the Pressure Sensitive Adhesives control room.
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Salisbury plant Operator Chris Barnes prepares to ship product to customers in 55-gallon drums within the Solution Acrylics pack out area.
Salisbury plant Solution Acrylics Lead Operator Benny Young monitors a batch during the reaction process from the Pressure Sensitive Adhesives control room.
Salisbury plant Operator Chris Barnes prepares to ship product to customers in 55-gallon drums within the Solution Acrylics pack out area.
Approximately 225 employees at Henkel’s Salisbury, North Carolina facility support 24/7 production of dispersions, solution acrylics, solution rubbers, epoxies, silicones, polyimides and other specialized adhesives. Two operations – one for Packaging and Consumer Goods and another for Electronics and Industrials – manufacture materials that are found in familiar products including mobile phones, laptops, automobiles, 5G antennas, food packages, transdermal patches, tinted windows, bandages, shoes, books and all types of tapes and labels, to name a few.
Built in 2005, the Salisbury facility joined the Henkel manufacturing network in 2008 following the company’s acquisition of National Starch adhesives business. The site includes more than 217,000 sq. ft. of production space, including the new UV acrylics operation which is part of a recent US $45 million investment in the facility.
“Salisbury’s staff has grown more than four-fold since the site became part of the Henkel global manufacturing network in 2008,” says Kirt Dixon, Director of Operations, Packaging and Consumer Goods, and a 21-year Henkel employee. “The team and the technical talent here are why the company can make a significant investment in disruptive UV acrylic technology, a solvent-free hot melt that bridges a market gap with an innovative alternative to current solution acrylic adhesives.”