As a manufacturer of adhesives and a distributor for companies including H.B. Fuller, 3M, and ITW Dynatec, we stake our reputation on creating solutions for our customers. "We established this blog to offer our technical expertise, share trends, give insights to new products and applications, and tell unique stories along the way." - Joe Cerino

• Apr 01, 2021

  Why HAR replacement parts cost significantly less—but still have the same great quality!

  My customers pay significantly LESS for the parts we offer. I am proud to share with my customers that most of our OEM replacement parts are manufactured by or for ITW Dynatec. I tell them that ITW Dynatec is under the umbrella of the $12 billion company, Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (ITW). Since its inception in the early 1900s, ITW’s business has been to manufacture and sell quality equipment!

• Mar 01, 2021

  It’s a STICKY business... and we stick with our customers!

  Over the past 20 years as a HAR Adhesive Sales Representative, I have been asked many times: “What do you do for a living?” “How’s business?” Countless times, the response is some clever variation of: “Well, it’s a sticky business.”

• Feb 01, 2021

  Can you “go green” when using an open roller pot system to bind books? (Hint: with HAR you can!)

  Many companies chose an open pot polyurethane reactive adhesive (PUR) bookbinding system when producing thicker books on a large scale. With the open roller pot system, the PUR is exposed to the atmosphere—hence the term open pot. In a closed pot system, the PUR adhesive is contained in a sealed environment with no atmospheric exposure.

• Jan 04, 2021

  2020: A Year of Challenges & Opportunities

  2020 is certainly a year that none of us will soon forget! As this tempestuous year draws towards a close, we can choose to look back and see a year filled with chaos, despair, and uncertainty or we can view 2020 as a year where our many challenges presented us with unforeseen opportunities.