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

• Feb 01, 2022

  If you ask for it… HAR will make it happen

  At HAR, we talk a lot about how creative we are with applications, changing products, and implementing changes with processes, but we rarely boast about our R&D potential - i.e. How we research and develop innovative approaches to help our customers.

• Jan 05, 2022

  Sometimes less is more (especially when you can save a customer roughly 25%)

  An existing customer came to us with a new opportunity: They had a process in place for a product that was tedious and time-consuming and needed guidance on how to run more efficiently, while keeping both cost and ease of use top of mind. Enter HAR.

• 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.

• Dec 21, 2020

  Thermal Mastics—Essential to COVID-19 Vaccine Preservation

  With all of the news surrounding the release of the new COVID-19 vaccines, you may have wondered how the vaccines are transported to hospitals and clinics. And while you may think they can be transported in a typical freezer like the kind in your home, most (like the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine) actually require an “Ultra-Low-Temperature” (ULT) medical grade freezer to stay effective.