The company still produces high-quality adhesives like the popular products J-B Weld Plastic Bonder Adhesive and Gap Filler. Loctite Professor Vernon Krieble created a “liquid locknut” in 1956.

When the chemists tested their adhesive at 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit), they found that the bacteria's ability to cling to plastic had improved 400-fold.