Don’t Come Unstuck with 
Counterfeit Adhesive Products
Acorn Industrial Services guides us through the downsides of using counterfeit adhesive 
products and how to avoid potential complaints, unexpected costs, and reputation damage.
Poor product performance can lead 
to complaints, returns, lost time, and 
damage to hard-earned customer 
relationships. In more serious cases, it 
can expose your business to contractual 
issues and reputational harm.
Supplying genuine products helps   
protect your margins and your standing 
with customers.
3.      Genuine LOCTITE® products help 	  	
          you supply with confidence
Unlike counterfeit counterparts, genuine 
LOCTITE® products represent more 
than adhesive performance alone. They 
are backed by decades of expertise, 
innovation, and trust.
For distributors, that means confidence in 
what you are supplying and confidence in 
the support behind it.
Buying through an authorised distributor 
also gives you access to authenticity 
verification tools, product traceability, and 
technical support. That makes it easier to 
protect your customers from counterfeit 
risk and strengthen trust across your 
supply chain.
Staying one step ahead
Protecting your business starts with a 
reliable sourcing strategy. A few practical 
steps can make a big difference:
1. Always buy from trusted suppliers
2. Verify product authenticity by 	
following simple steps for 	
	
official LOCTITE® tools
3. Look for signs of 
counterfeit packaging 
or unusually low 
pricing
For distributors, product authenticity is 
about more than compliance. It is about 
protecting customer trust, safeguarding 
your reputation, and keeping supply 
chains reliable.
Counterfeit products remain a real risk 
across industrial supply chains. They are 
often purchased in good faith, with no 
clear warning signs until performance 
issues appear. By then, the damage may 
have already been done.
Fakes can quickly and quietly infiltrate 
supply chains and compromise not 
just performance and reliability but 
can also lead to customer complaints, 
unnecessary cost, safety concerns, 
and long-term damage to confidence in      
your business.
The good news is that this risk can be 
reduced. With the right supply partners 
and the right checks in place, distributors 
can stay in control.
1.      Counterfeits may look convincing, 	  	
         but they do not deliver the           	
	
         same performance
Counterfeit products are designed 
to imitate trusted brands, but they 
rarely match the quality or reliability of    
genuine products.
LOCTITE® adhesives supplied by 
ACORN are rigorously tested to meet 
strict standards for performance 
and dependability. That consistency 
matters when your customers rely on 
you to supply products that perform as 
expected, every time.
Counterfeit alternatives bypass these 
controls. The result is uncertainty, 
avoidable risk, and products that can let 
your customers down.
2.      The real cost is not the 
         purchase price, it is the 	               	
         impact to your business
A counterfeit product 
may appear cheaper 
at first, but the 
cost to a 
distributor can 
be far higher.
Counterfeit products are a real challenge, 
but they are easier to manage when 
you have the right partner behind you. If 
you want to review product authenticity, 
strengthen supply chain confidence, 
or speak to an expert about genuine 
adhesive products such as LOCTITE®, 
contact ACORN.
Contact here:                                                       
+44 1709 789 999                                                    
enquiries@acorn-ind.co.uk                                           
www.acorn-ind.co.uk/loctite
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