Recreational Vehicles

Henkel offers an extensive line of high performance silicones,multipolymer and new modified silanechemistries for multipurpose seam sealing.These products provide superior quality and high bond strength, overcoming difficulties posed by dissimilar substrates, temperature changes, and joint movement. Henkel also offers anti-wick coatings and sealants for both interior and exterior applications. Our exceptional sales and engineering staff can help you select the appropriate products for each sealing application to increase the longevity of your recreational vehicle.

Primary and secondary sealing applications include all panel gaps, RV exterior openings and all interior water-resistant areas, including showers and bathrooms. Our thread sealing solutions also prevent leaks in pneumatic and hydraulic lines that can be disastrous on the open road.

Our adhesives are formulated for composite lamination of RV wall, ceiling and floor panels, as well as carpet bonding and construction of cabinets, doors and cargo holds.

Henkel’s structural bonding solutions provide a time-saving and cost-saving alternative to rivets and mechanical fasteners, resulting in a leak-proof (and better-looking) recreational vehicle.

Our surface treatment materials have been used around the world in the automotive, railroad, and general transportation industries for many years. In fact, RV manufacturers have grown to rely on Henkel’s vast experience and in-depth knowledge in metal treatments to improve the design, assembly, productivity, and profitability of their operations. As part of Henkel’s broad portfolio, we offer pretreatment products that clean, condition, coat, and protect light metals, plastics, and steel. Our advanced materials thoroughly clean metal surfaces, provide long-lasting corrosion protection, and significantly improve adhesion and durability of paint finishes for both steel and aluminum frames.

Our line of engineered products and components is geared to meet the demands of today’s NVH sealing and structural designs. With a variety of forms, films, and foils, our high performing materials can be applied at any stage of manufacturing assembly, allowing greater flexibility to the user. Henkel’s highly sophisticated Acoustics Laboratory provides detailed analytical reports that lead to the optimum solutions for noise reduction, structural reinforcement, and vibration dampening.

With adhesive, sealant, and surface treatment centers strategically located around the globe, and a team of experienced, professional field sales engineers, we work in partnership with our customers to create tailored solutions that meet the most stringent application requirements. From providing metal treatments for the chassis to laminating adhesives for walls, roofs, and floors, Henkel assists RV manufacturers in streamlining operations, improving quality, increasing productivity, and, most importantly, saving money.

In every recreational vehicle, the walls, floors, and roof assemblies must all be strong, structural components that resist moisture penetration. Henkel provides its customers with unmatched products to bond and seal these parts, as well as other assemblies such as cabinets, valances, sport flooring, and door assemblies. These assembly adhesives offer fast cure times and superior strength as well as moisture and chemical resistance. The structural adhesives in Henkel’s portfolio also help eliminate the need for fasteners or welds. Our urethane and modified silane technologies reduce the cost of using mechanical gaskets and improve window glazing operations.

In today’s competitive business environment, lowering manufacturing costsis vital to a company’s success. Whether your wallbonding application consists of laminating, hanging,or stick and tin, Henkel’s experience in formulatingpanel bonding adhesives can help bring your productto market faster. We can lower project costs byreducing or eliminating expensive fasteners andproviding for a more efficient assembly process.With the durability of our moisture cure urethanesand reactive hot melts, as well as our hung glassmastics and general assembly hot melts, Henkel iscommitted to becoming your one-source supplier.

Henkel provides a broad arrayof structural bonding adhesives, which can be used to laminate and bond floors instead of mechanical fastening. Use of these products avoids vibrational loosening of bolts. Our sealant technologies can also assist in reducing structural noise and resisting environmental elements.

Henkel offers structural adhesivesthat will improve your assembly process,whether you laminate or use “stick and tin” construction with trusses. Our moisture cure urethane lamination adhesives have passed rigorous, independent laboratory tests for all load-bearing applications. These products provide RV manufacturers with the flexibility to bond to multiple substrates. Henkel also offers a wide range of Frekote^® mold release technologies for your fiberglass-reinforced plastic and composite fabrication processes.