privately held industry transportation automotive rail truck bus agriculture and recreational and marine . aerospace and defense commercial and private aircraft military aircraft missile systems and tanks and artillery . manufacturing industrial assembly and process industries . construction civil engineering and off highway vehicles . electronics chip assembly and component assembly founded 1924 1924 founder hugh c. lord headquarters cary north carolina united states area served lord corporation has employees in 26 countries and operates 19 manufacturing facilities and 10 r & d centers worldwide . australia brazil china france germany hong kong india israel italy japan korea malaysia mexico netherlands poland singapore slovakia spain sweden switzerland taiwan thailand turkey united kingdom and united states . 1 key people edward l. auslander president ceo and general james f. amos retired chairman of the lord corporation board of directors products adhesives coatings specialty chemicals electronic materials vibration & motion control and magneto rheological mr number of employees approximately 3 100 website www.lord.com lord corporation is a diversified technology and manufacturing company developing adhesives coatings motion management devices and sensing technologies . with world headquarters in cary north carolina lord has approximately 3 000 employees in 26 countries and operations 18 manufacturing facilities and nine r & d centers worldwide . 2 3 4 contents 1 history 2 products 3 corporate governance 4 technologies 5 references 6 external links history edit in 1919 hugh c. lord a patent attorney in erie pennsylvania began exploring the potential of bonding rubber to metal to isolate and control shock noise and vibration . this led to the founding of the lord corporation in addition to inventions such as chemical formulations bonding processes elastomers adhesives coatings and bonded elastomer assemblies . during the 1920s general electric used lord manufactured mounts for trolley cars . lincoln and nash motors automobiles also begin to use lord engine mountings . lord is trademarked leading to the creation of the lord manufacturing company . the company s instrument panel mounts are also used by airplane manufacturers in order to lengthen service life . in the 1940s the lord manufacturing company is incorporated . the company would supply engine mounts to many aircraft manufacturers . mountings for railroad cars and buses are manufactured and lord produces the first ever elastomeric transmission parts and engine isolators also known as bushings for helicopters . elastomeric compounds are also developed by lord as substitutes for natural rubber for the korean war in the 1950s . to isolate aircraft cowling cowl mountings and motor nose supports for locomotives are manufactured . lord develops the outboard motor mounting for the marine industry . chemlok adhesives are developed . the company develops the snubbing skirt mounting for heavy equipment installations . 5 during the 1960s lord built a facility in saegertown pennsylvania to manufacture chemlok adhesives and chemglaze coating . lord manufacturing company changed to lord corporation the cambridge springs pennsylvania plant opened for production of bonded rubber assemblies a manufacturing plant opened in bowling green kentucky and lord corporation europe was established . lord established lord industrial ltda in jundia sp brazil . the company created a joint venture in zama japan to manufacture chemlok which led to the development of lord far east inc. lord built a new corporate headquarters in erie pennsylvania . lord designed and produced its first elastomeric damper . the gimbal ring mount and the elastomeric bearing for helicopters was developed . in the 1970s lord and bell helicopter designed elastomeric elements for the nodal beam pylon isolation system . lord established lord industrial ltda in s o paulo brazil . lord opened manufacturing plant in bowling green kentucky . fusor epoxy adhesive and versilok acrylic adhesive trademarks were adopted . ultra violet electronic beam uv eb cure coatings and laminating adhesive trademarks were adopted . 6 during the 1980s lord mechanical products division acquired a machining center in dayton ohio . environmentally friendly aqueous adhesives were developed . lord europe began producing industrial and aerospace products . lord korea was formed to produce chemlok . 7 lord aerospace products began to develop elastomeric bearings for a navy aircraft . lord de mexico was formed . lord societe anonyme was established in france and lord far east relocateed to kofu japan . lord euromech and lord u.k. merged to become lord corporation europe in the 1990s . liofol company a venture between lord and henkel germany was formed . shanghai lord first marketed and produced chemlok . rheonetic trademark for magneto rheological devices was adopted . lord moved headquarters to cary north carolina . lord purchased burke palmason chemical company mavidon corporation and castall inc. motion master lord trademark for magneto rheological seat damping systems was adopted . 8 in 2000 lord mechanical shanghai was constructed . lord materials division introduced a steer by wire solution for forklift trucks . baladyne corporation was acquired and active balancing solutions for airplane propellers rotating machinery was added to the product offering . metal gomma s.p.a of monzambano italy was purchased which completed 100 percent ownership by lord . 9 adoption of rheonetic mr fluids expanded into auto primary suspension systems . company was realigned to combine mechanical chemical and material product divisions . the company announced a new distribution partnership with tubelite company incorporated headquartered in apopka florida . 10 the first metaljacket corrosion control coating line was established . the company was globally unified under a single brand entity . lord acquired henkel s rubber to substrate bonding and rubber coating business assets . 11 lord teamed up with biedermann motech a german manufacturer of spinal implants and prosthetic components to produce a prosthetic device . 12 products edit the product line today includes adhesives 13 coatings specialty chemicals electronic materials vibration & motion control magneto rheological mr fluids . 14 corporate governance edit current officers the twelve current officers of lord corporation are edward l. auslander richard l. mcneel mark boris rebecca williams douglas w. lorenz eric v. ravinowich will c. hinkston joseph w. marotta lane r. miller jonathan d. oechsle tesa l. oechsle and william j. cerami . 15 technologies edit active vibration control avc systems lord avc systems are used to minimize vibration and reduce weight in helicopters . 16 automotive aftermarket adhesives lord fusor automotive aftermarket adhesives are used to return vehicles to pre accident condition . these adhesives are formulated to repair all types of automotive substrates . the lord fusor line includes adhesives for bonding metals and plastics seam sealers and acoustical foams . 17 balancing systems lord balancing systems are designed to correct unbalance in rotating machinery while they are operating . lord balancers monitor rotating imbalance and provide real time corrections diagnostic data and can operate during start up and shut down cycles . 18 corrosion control coatings lord corporation s metaljacket 19 coating protects substrates against corrosion and improves bonding properties . 20 elastomer bonding lord has a line of elastomer bonding formulations that can accommodate commercially available elastomers diverse metals and rigid plastic substrates . 21 electronic materials lord provides potting coating and encapsulant solutions for electronic circuit assembly as well as hybrid component thick film materials semiconductor packaging and thermal management materials . 22 23 24 25 fluid vibration isolation & damping fluid systems can be used to isolate vibration at a particular frequency or improve damping at a particular frequency 26 27 high performance heat reflective coatings hpc hrc lord hpc hrc provide high adhesion to underlying substrates and high mechanical properties 600 % elongation . they allow the bulk of a part to be made with one material while a thin coating of high performance heat reflective elastomer is added to the outside . 28 29 industrial metal bonding adhesives lord adhesives can replace welds rivets screws tape and other traditional fastening methods . 30 mr solutions magneto rheological mr fluids reversibly and instantaneously change from a free flowing liquid to a semi solid with controllable yield strength when exposed to a magnetic field . lord mr technology can be found in primary suspensions for automotive customers and is now being introduced for military applications . 31 32 references edit 1 lord corporation our company . lord corporation . retrieved 2 december 2014 . 2 lord corporation kholos l. 2005 courage and innovation the story of the lord corporation albrecht & associates isbn 0 9771758 0 4 courage and innovation the story of lord corporation 1924 to 2002 . kolos len . copyright 2005 jura corporation . pages 23 57 . courage and innovation the story of lord corporation 1924 to 2002 . kolos len . copyright 2005 jura corporation . pages 57 95 . 3 orion industries courage and innovation the story of lord corporation 1924 to 2002 . kolos len . copyright 2005 jura corporation . pages 68 112 . 4 lord corporation 5 lord corporation 6 lord corporation 7 lord corporation 8 adhesives magazine february 1 2009 9 lord corporation 10 lord corporation 11 motion system design april 1 2007 12 collision repair magazine july 4 2009 13 thomas net news february 22 2006 14 bnet november 2005 15 adhesives magazine june 1 2008 16 circuitnet may 3 2007 17 global smt january 22 2009 18 electronic design july 10 2008 19 electro iq july 21 2009 20 circuitnet july 1 2008 21 oem off highway march 2 2010 22 sensors magazine february 1 2002 23 goliath july 1 2008 24 semiconductor packaging news july 30 2008 25 autoparts.com may 3 2007 26 defense news may 5 2008 27 adhesives and sealants.com january 23 2009 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lord corporation & oldid 744473794 categories 1924 establishments in pennsylvaniacompanies based in cary north carolinacompanies established in 1924manufacturing companies based in north carolina navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this 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