At Formnext 2025 in Frankfurt, Henkel presented the latest updates from its Loctite 3D Printing portfolio. At hall 11.1, the company featured new medical materials and advances in industrial photopolymers. This year, Henkel layed a special focus on the expansion of its medical line with Loctite 3D MED414 Red and Loctite 3D MED414 Clear, joining the established MED414 Blue. These additions maintain the same proven mechanical performance and biocompatibility while providing greater flexibility for visual differentiation and functional use in medical and device applications.
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Visitors were also able to preview Loctite 3D IND3785, a white, rigid, and chemically resistant material with low chemical migration and leachable content. IND3785 has undergone the same rigorous evaluation process as Henkel´s other food-safe solutions. The company had performed extensive migration and extraction testing across various food simulants and under diverse conditions of use. The results consistently show minimal to non-detectable transfer to food, reinforcing the confidence in obtaining industry first FDA CFR 177.1010 and EU 10/2011 approval. With its chemical stability and resistance to various exposure conditions, the material supports both industrial and biomedical environments. The Loctite 3D Printing team members were available at the booth and shared details about the material’s development and upcoming availability.
Henkel’s Formnext booth also included a range of real-world case studies demonstrating the use of Loctite materials across different applications and printer platforms. Among them, Genera’s eyewear collection, produced in a range of colors using Loctite resins, highlighting how material versatility and validated workflows enable scalable, high-quality consumer production.
