Henkel’s Salisbury facility sits on a 52-acre campus and manufactures adhesive products used extensively across the electronics, packaging, and consumer goods markets in multiple applications.
Approximately 225 employees at the plant support 24/7 production of dispersions, solution acrylics, solution rubbers, epoxies, silicones, polyimides, and other specialized adhesives. Two operations – one for Packaging and Consumer Goods and another for Electronics and Industrials – manufacture materials found in familiar products including mobile phones, laptops, automobiles, 5G antennas, food packages, transdermal patches, tinted windows, bandages, shoes, books, and all types of tapes and labels, to name a few.
The Salisbury facility joined the Henkel manufacturing network in 2008 following the company’s acquisition of National Starch adhesives business. The site includes more than 217,000 sq. ft. of production space, including the new UV acrylics operation, which is part of a recent US $45 million investment in the facility.
Rod Crider, president of the Rowan EDC, commented on Henkel’s impact, saying, “Henkel has been an outstanding community partner through their active participation in many local initiatives. Their involvement in job fairs and Manufacturing Day activities, where they open their doors to Rowan-Salisbury School students for tours, demonstrates their commitment to our local workforce and future generations of workers. We are excited to watch them continue to grow and thrive and look forward to Henkel being a vital part of Rowan County for many years to come.”
