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High-performance automotive glass adhesives by tesa®
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Quick overview

  • Automotive glass adhesives provide mounting, sealing, and protection solutions for glass assembly processes in the automotive industry.
  • Adhesive tape solutions can help improve production efficiency while offering lighter and easier application compared with alternative fastening methods.
  • The portfolio supports functional glass applications, including switchable glass, ambient light systems, display technologies, and holographic HUD solutions.
  • Common applications include automotive glass sealing, locator pin mounting, sensor bracket mounting, and glass surface protection.

Discover our range of automotive glass adhesives for high-performance mounting, sealing, and protection in glass assembly processes in the automotive industry.

Adhesive tapes can offer significant advantages over other fastenings and are often lighter and easier to apply. This can result in improved efficiencies in production, fuel consumption, and emissions.

Rely on our decades of experience developing specialist tapes to keep pace with the latest developments in automotive glass. Discover the possibilites, our glass tapes have to offer:

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High-performance automotive glass adhesives for glazing applications

Best for: Automotive glass adhesive solutions are designed for glass assembly applications that require reliable mounting, sealing, and protection. They support evolving automotive glazing technologies while helping improve assembly efficiency and long-term performance.

Why they perform

  • Support mounting, sealing, and protection applications
  • Suitable for functional and smart glass technologies
  • Low-haze optical performance
  • Anti-yellowing and aging resistance
  • Temperature-, humidity-, and UV-resistant
  • Provide durable and reliable bonding performance

Typical applications

  • Functional and switchable glass assembly
  • Automotive window and sunroof sealing
  • Locator pin mounting for windshields
  • Sensor bracket mounting
  • Automotive glass surface protection

Performance takeaway: Automotive glass adhesives support modern glazing technologies through reliable mounting, sealing, and protection solutions for automotive glass applications.

Applications

Adhesive tapes for automotive glass applications

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Smart adhesive solutions for functional glass

The rapid technical developments in functional glazing improve the comfort and safety of the driving experience. Trust our advanced adhesive solutions to keep pace with these changes in glass functionality, including switchable, illuminating ambient light, display and holographic HUD. Our range of optically clear adhesives (OCAs) for example help to build switchable and smart glass. Specialty automotive glass OCA sensure low-haze, anti-yellowing and ageing resistance and do not compromise the clarity or performance of functional glass.

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Adhesive tapes for sealing of automotive glass

Our specialty double-sided tesa® ACXplus acrylic foam tapes create durable seals for the assembly of windows and sunroofs. These tapes are highly flexible and temperature- and UV-resistant, making them suitable for bonding soft rubber seals to primed glass or ceramic substrates. They are resistant to temperature variations, humidity, and UV, and maintain a reliable bond in temperatures as low as –40 °C.

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Mounting of locator pins

Locator pin mounting with adhesive tapes is ideal for holding car windshields in position during assembly. This method eliminates the need for mechanical fasteners, speeding up installation and reducing potential damage. The strong bonding of adhesive tapes ensures secure placement, enhancing precision and efficiency in automotive manufacturing processes. During the lifecycle of a car, the positioning pin shall not get off to prevent noise.

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Sensor bracket mounting

While liquid glue is frequently used to prefix sensor brackets, the application process can be messy and waiting for the glue to dry can be time-consuming. However, using acrylic foam tape instead of liquid glue can improve efficiency in the assembly process. These adhesive tapes improve the ease and precision of application and provide a more consistent and rapid bond on primed automotive glass.

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Surface protection for automotive glass

Ensure that automotive glass stays protected from abrasions or damage from installation through delivery. The tesa® line of protection tapes offer permanent or temporary protection to sensitive glass surfaces during the assembly, treatment, and transportation processes.

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Products

Find the right product for your automotive glass application

Use our online product finder to explore the tesa® range of automotive glass adhesives. Browse our selection with the handy filters to find the best adhesive tapefor your automotive glass application.
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tesa® automotive glass adhesives are developed to suit the demands of the various automotive glass assembly processes. Our products are backed by years of technical experience and working in partnership with the automotive industry. For any questions about our automotive glass adhesive tapes, our experts are here to help. Simply click the button below to get in touch.

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Automotive glass adhesives FAQs

Automotive glass adhesive is used across several glass assembly processes, including sealing windows and sunroofs, mounting locator pins and sensor brackets, bonding functional glass components, and protecting glass surfaces during assembly, treatment, and transportation.

Yes. Adhesive solutions support functional glass applications such as switchable glass, illuminating ambient light, displays, and holographic HUDs. Optically clear adhesives are designed to maintain glass clarity and performance while offering low haze, anti-yellowing, and ageing resistance.

Different automotive glass applications require different adhesive properties. Depending on the process, solutions may need to provide optical clarity, flexibility, temperature and UV resistance, durable sealing, strong bonding, or surface protection. The appropriate tape can therefore be selected according to the specific glass assembly application.
Last updated on Sep 16, 2026