Industrial Adhesives and Tapes

Applications

Adhesive Bonding
Today, product designers and manufacturing engineers rely on adhesives more than ever for greater design flexibility, more efficient production and improved performance. 3M is renowned for its vast range of different adhesives to provide you with the right product for even the most demanding job. Read more

Bonding with Tapes
3M offers a wide range of thin and thick double coated tapes and transfer tapes for your assembly solutions. Read more

Box Sealing
Through its range of tapes for packaging and application systems, 3M puts its experience at your disposal to improve your processes and ensure proper sealing, shipping, storage and display of your products. Read more

Identification
Identification of parts, batch numbering, printing specifications or instructions for use, variable information applied by thermal transfer, laser toner or digital UV ink jet printing. Read more

Masking & Protection
Through its family of single-sided adhesive tapes, 3M allows you to benefit from our experience to enhance solutions for the design of your products and to improve your processes. With our tapes you can hide, secure, strengthen, protect, enclose, isolate or consolidate, whatever your requirements. Read more

Sealants
3M, a world leader in adhesive technology, now offers a wide range of solutions for sealing and assembling. Read more

Industry Solutions

Aerospace
The aerospace market is a demanding market. 3M provide solutions for both aircraft manufacturers and subcontractors which are critical for operations. Read more

Appliance
The manufacture of industrial machinery and equipment (including appliances and portable tools) involves a large number of complex processes. Read more

Automotive Manufacturing
For many years, 3M has accompanied automotive manufacturers to help them integrate new technologies into their production processes. Read more

Bus & Coach Manufacturing
3M’s comprehensive range of adhesives, sealants and tapes offers the bus/coach industry both internal and external joint design solutions for structurally bonding and sealing components. Read more

Construction
To better address their requirements, 3M develops and introduces innovative solutions for component manufacturers in applications such as : structural glazing, facade cladding, office partitions, doors and windows, elevators. The performance of our solutions provide great value to construction professionals. Read more

Door & Window Manufacturing
3M Protective Tapes 2A25 and 25A25 help protect the painted surfaces on metal service doors from fingerprints and scratches during assembly, shipping and installation. Read more

Electronics
The electronics industry is a demanding industry, requiring high quality products. 3M provides the electronics market high-performance products specified by key industry bodies, such as; manufacturers of components. We provide our industry expertise in automation processes, for example for applying adhesives or tapes in the most cost-efficient way. Through our network of approved converters, we can also offer customized die-cut tape parts to improve your productivity. Read more

Flexographic Printing
The broadest foam density selection in the market enables you to print the finest quality at fastest print speeds. Balancing your vignettes and solids made easy for customer satisfaction. In the Flexographic Printing industry the printing plate mounting is a critical step in achieving optimum print quality. Read more

Furniture Manufacturing
The design and production of furniture products are trades which need to be at the forefront of innovation, through various activities which include: carpentry, cabinetry, decoration, furniture. Read more

Metal Working
3M adhesive solutions allow the assembly of metals, alloys, plastics together with a high level of performance and durability. These adhesive solutions can be used as substitute for many traditional methods such as mechanical fastening or welding. They simplify application methodology, reduce or eliminate finishing operations, reduce corrosion issues and provide greater flexibility in improving manufacturing process. 3M has also developed masking and protection tape solutions responding to enhance your work efficiency and competitiveness. Read more

Paper Mills
3M can help you optimize your manufacturing processes for greater customer satisfaction. 3M produces repulpable tapes reliable for flying splices of paper rolls in newspapers printing and paper mills. Read more

Rail Industry
3M’s comprehensive range of adhesives, sealants and tapes offers the rail industry both internal and external joint design solutions for structurally bonding and sealing components. Read more

Specialty Vehicles
3M’s comprehensive range of adhesives, sealants and tapes offers the specialty vehicle industry (ambulances, caravans, mobile homes) both internal and external joint design solutions for structurally bonding and sealing components. Read more

Truck & Trailer Manufacturing
3M’s comprehensive range of adhesives, sealants and tapes offers the truck industry both internal and external joint design solutions for structurally bonding and sealing components. Specialist adhesives can also be provided for bonding insulated sandwich panels for wall, floor and roofing components in trailers. Read more