HELPING MANUFACTURERS FIND THE RIGHT SOLUTION

In today's fast-paced technological world, manufacturers’ requirements are greater than ever. The assembly process is expected to be faster and leaner with less waste, while products must be durable, flexible, and cost-effective. Finding the right materials to optimize product assembly is increasingly complex, requiring an experienced team to identify the best solution.

Choosing the Right Supplier

Partnering with a skilled, knowledgeable specialty chemical and equipment supplier like Ellsworth Adhesives is the first step in ensuring your application exceeds expectations. Founded in 1974, Ellsworth Adhesives offers expert technical advice, value added services, and a host of resources to ensure we provide the best possible solution for our customer’s application requirements in almost every major industry. The company has developed a reputation for providing an unusual combination of excellence in distribution and manufacturing, as well as the most comprehensive level of technical expertise available.

Engineering Your Assembly Process

Our Engineering Sales Representatives (ESRs) and Inside Technical Service Group are known as Glue Doctors®, providing expert advice for any application with 800+ years of combined experience. Glue Doctors® work alongside customers to understand what kinds of materials they’re looking for, how they’ll be applied, and how they’ll be used after production. Many have advanced engineering educations and experience.

Taking a customized, customer-focused approach allows us to not only choose the right
products based on a manufacturer’s requirements, but identify opportunities to improve including:

• Decreasing cost of materials or labor
• Simplifying the production process
• Reducing waste
• Enhancing product performance
• Improving assembly accuracy
• Optimizing packaging

Product Selection & Expertise

As a total solution provider, Ellsworth Adhesives offers a wide variety of products from over 65 of the industry’s top manufacturers:

• Adhesives
• Sealants
• Lubricants
• Coatings
• Encapsulants
• Tapes
• Soldering Products
• Surface Preparations
• Specialty Chemicals
• Maintenance and Repair Products
• Dispensing Equipment

You’ll benefit from access to big names like 3M, Dow, Henkel, Parker LORD, Sulzer Mixpac, and more all in one spot. Glue Doctors® have education and experience with every brand and product category we sell. This includes close working relationships with product manufacturers, ensuring we’re aware of updates or new formulations.

Specialty Services

To support our extensive product catalog, Ellsworth Adhesives also offers a full suite of valuable services. Our goal is to build long-term relationships with customers, which means meeting needs at every step of the supply chain.

• Certification and Documentation Control

• Custom Formulation

• Custom Labeling & Documentation

• Custom Packaging

• Low Pressure Molding Contract Manufacturing

• ePlus Inventory Management

As part of a network of divisions, Ellsworth Adhesives has developed a unique system of companies that allow us to deliver comprehensive services for manufacturers including:

• Fluid Research, which develops meter mix and dispensing equipment.

• Fisnar, which develops industrial robots and automation solutions for fluid dispensing.

• KitPackers, which creates custom packaging of adhesives and other specialty chemicals.

• MoldMan Systems™, which manufactures low pressure molding machines.

• ResinLab, which custom formulates adhesives, encapsulants, and coatings.

Experts Backed by Experience

Ellsworth Adhesives’ team of Glue Doctors® are backed by more than 46 years of industry experience, benefitting from leadership that values continued innovation in adhesive and specialty chemical technology. Manufacturers looking for reputable partners that are well-versed in the adhesive industry trust Ellsworth Adhesives for the job.

Looking for help identifying the right adhesive or equipment choice for your assembly process? We’d love to work with you – Ask the Glue Doctor® to get started.