FUL fundamentals
Key facts
H.B. Fuller Co. engages in the manufacture and marketing of adhesives, sealants, and other chemical products. It operates through the following business segments: Hygiene, Health, and Consumable Adhesives, Engineering Adhesives, and Construction Adhesives. The Hygiene, Health, and Consumable Adhesives segment supplies adhesive products in the assembly, packaging, converting, nonwoven, hygiene, health and beauty, flexible packaging, graphic arts, and envelope markets. The Engineering Adhesives segment provides adhesives to the transportation, electronics, medical, clean energy, aerospace and defense, performance wood, insulating glass, textile, appliance, and heavy machinery markets. The Construction Adhesives segment manufactures adhesives, sealants, tapes, mortars, and grouts for construction activities. The company was founded by Harvey Benjamin Fuller in 1887 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.
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