Henkel has officially opened its new North America Battery Application Center in Madison Heights, Michigan, further strengthening the company’s regional support for OEMs and battery manufacturers with advanced material application capabilities for EV components.

The opening follows the success of Henkel’s Battery Engineering Center in Dusseldorf, Germany, which launched in 2023, and includes a Battery Application Center and Battery Test Center.

“Henkel’s North American Battery Application Center is part of Henkel’s global, long-term investment in electric vehicle solutions and helps further fast collaboration, testing and implementation of high-performance materials,” said Marcel Fleck, Senior Vice President, Automotive Components, Henkel Adhesive Technologies, North America. “We’re thrilled to begin welcoming customers to our new world-class facility and to partner for future developments.”

Equipped with a six-axis, high-capacity robot that replicates an industrial-scale environment, the North America Battery Application Center enables Henkel’s robust team of application engineering experts to work collaboratively with customers to quickly iterate changes and ensure optimal application parameters, such as application speed, dispense volume, temperature, path accuracy and more. Optimizing material application prior to manufacturing scale-up helps to prevent delays and reduces the need for costly re-work once production begins.

Application testing capabilities are available across a wide range of solutions and chemistry types, including thermal interface materials, sealants, structural adhesives and debonding-on-demand adhesives. Material solutions help ensure high performing, safe and sustainable electric vehicles.