Company Accelerates Time to Market for Adhesives to 45 Days or Less
For most manufacturers, reducing time to market in the product-development cycle can mean the difference between a product’s success and failure in the marketplace. A good example is the electronics industry, where the average life span of a device is less than 18 months, and subcomponent suppliers are expected to move quickly to meet the demands of manufacturers. The average time to market of 18 months is simply too long for an electronics manufacturer to wait for a new adhesive that will improve device performance.
According to Jerry Perkins, director of general industrial marketing at Loctite, “By developing and testing products at a single site, we are able to rapidly standardize adhesives and bring them to market more quickly than ever before. At R2S2, total production time for new adhesives, from initial formulation to delivery, does not exceed 45 days.”