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Barry Santerre

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The Top Three Reasons Reclosable Fasteners Fail. And how to avoid them.

One of the most common reasons why a reclosable fastener solution can fail: An incompatibility between the hook and loop materials being mated. Without the proper “marriage,” a fastener union is desti...
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3M™ VHB™ Tapes vs. Mechanical Fasteners: there’s no comparison

Customers turn to Gleicher for permanent fastening solutions when mechanical fasteners are unable to provide the necessary performance characteristics. Among the challenges that they may face: joining...
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Unique situations? Unique applications? We’ve got the fastener solutions

Gleicher customers often look to us to supply them with a custom solution from our wide range of fastening and converting capabilities. These may involve relatively basic shapes, such as circles and s...
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From simple to complex, Gleicher specializes in custom shape adhesives.

Gleicher has had a long-standing reputation for providing 3M™VHB™ (very high bonding) solutions and converting materials that meet a wide variety of applications from the most basic to the very comple...
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Gleicher Customization Makes VELCRO® Brand ONE-WRAP® Straps Even Better

Gleicher customers know us best for providing them with outstanding adhesive and fastening solutions. One of the most important attributes of those solutions is performance, especially when a customer...
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Gleicher specializes in custom shape fasteners.

Customers often come to us for a diverse range of shapes for their fastener solutions, from basic circles and strips to more complex shapes and designs. Many of them contact us with unique requests fo...
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Thinking "Outside the Fastener"

At Gleicher, there are unlimited number of fasteners, adhesives, and converting combinations that can be used to meet our customers’ requirements. But occasionally we determine that an ideal solution ...
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Getting to The Right Choice

At Gleicher, our goal is to help our customers find solutions. To do that we ask a lot of questions and listen to the answers that our customers provide. The questions we ask helps us to understand ou...
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