LORD Corporation Launches Fusor HD Sealers for Collision Repair Industry

LORD Corporation, maker of Fusor Automotive Repair Adhesives, the leading metal and plastic bonding solution for the automotive collision repair market, has announced the launch of OEM recommended LORD Fusor HD Seam Sealers.

Recommended by GM, Ford and Chrysler, LORD Fusor HD Sealers are single component products designed for duplicating OEM beaded, brushed, sprayed and weld-sealed seams. Offering a higher quality appearance than common seam sealers, they will not flow back or allow brush marks and spray patterns to fade. The result is the ability to permanently maintain a "high definition" appearance.

They pass the OEM Gravelometer Testing, as recommend by Chrysler in Collision Repair Bulletin "Replacement Underbody Coating Materials." It also is the only one component sealer approved to replace OEM non-structural weld through sealers as recommended by Chrysler in Collision Repair Bulletin "Welding Sheet Metal Repairs and Replacements."

Julie Miller, Market Manager-Automotive Aftermarket LORD Corporation, noted that LORD developed this line of seam sealers based on feedback that collision repair shops didnt have a way to duplicate one component weld through sealers that are used in OEM assembly.

"Shops either had to weld and seal from the outside or use a two component structural adhesive with resistance spot welding, which provides more strength than necessary and costs much more," said Miller. "Now, with this new offering, body shops can put cars back to pre-accident condition by simply weld-bonding with Fusor structural metal boding adhesives and by weld sealing with Fusor HD sealers, as recommended by the OEM."

According to Jim Perritt, North America Sales Manager, Automotive Aftermarket, LORD Corporation, LORD Fusor High Definition Sealers provide a universal solution for applications for body shops looking to duplicate the appearance and function of OEM seams.

"These products reduce costs and provide time savings with lean inventory control, unlike competitive single component seam sealers," said Perritt. In addition to weld sealing, Fusor HD offers a wide variety of applications allowing collision shops to duplicate virtually any type of OEM seam. Available in white, gray, black or beige, the seam sealers make use of Silane Terminated Polymer (STP) technology, which offers the following advantages over urethanes:

• greater flexibility, versatility and durability;
• bonds and seals unprimed metals;
• weldable;
• no isocyanates, solvents or shrinkage;
• excellent paintability;
• lower VOCs and no HAPs;
• virtually odor free;
• non-yellowing; and
• greater UV resistance

About LORD Corporation

With global reach and extensive technical capabilities, LORD has the ability to work on complex formulations, balancing contradictory property and process requirements to deliver the solutions that meet customer and market demands. LORD builds on its more than 85 year history with a track record of successful long-term partnerships with technology leaders in industries ranging from aerospace to automotive, electronics to industrial heavy equipment.

Founded in 1924, LORD Corporation is a privately-held company that designs, manufactures and markets mechanical devices and electromechanical systems to control vibration, motion and noise; formulates, produces and sells general purpose and specialty adhesives, coatings and electronic materials; and develops products and systems utilizing magnetically responsive technologies. With global headquarters in Cary, N.C., and sales in excess of $860MM, LORD has manufacturing facilities in eight countries and more than 90 sales and support centers. LORD Corporation employs more than 2,900 worldwide. Visit www.lord.com for more information.