Custom adhesive formulations for healthcare, electronics, and industrial applications
Adhesives Research manufactures specialty adhesives and coatings across healthcare, electronics, industrial, and splicing markets from four global manufacturing hubs. The tech stack is Oracle-heavy (E-Business Suite, APEX, Database) paired with manufacturing-operations tools (CMMS, GC-MS, AutoCAD), reflecting a process-focused business managing chemical synthesis and regulatory compliance. Hiring accelerates across engineering, operations, and maintenance roles—signaling capacity expansion in production and internal systems modernization alongside active Oracle APEX development.
Adhesives Research develops and manufactures custom adhesive systems, coatings, engineered tapes, and laminates for customers in healthcare, pharmaceutical, electronics, and industrial markets. The company operates manufacturing facilities and sales offices in Glen Rock PA (headquarters), Limerick Ireland, Shanghai China, and Singapore. Founded in 1961, the firm serves mid-market and enterprise OEMs requiring high-performance polymer adhesives, pressure-sensitive adhesives, release liners, and medical-grade tapes. Operations span custom formulation, regulatory certification (OSHA PSM, compliance frameworks), and full-scale manufacturing with capital projects and process-improvement initiatives underway.
Core systems include Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle APEX, Oracle Database, and SQL Server for ERP and analytics. Manufacturing uses CMMS (maintenance), GC-MS (chemical analysis), and AutoCAD (design). Reporting via Power BI and Oracle Business Intelligence.
Headquarters in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania. Manufacturing and sales offices in Limerick Ireland, Shanghai China, and Singapore. All current hiring is in the United States.
Healthcare, pharmaceutical, electronics, industrial, and splicing applications. Product portfolio includes medical tapes, pressure-sensitive adhesives, engineered tapes, release liners, and custom polymer formulations.
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