FULLER H B CO

Overview

H.B. Fuller is a specialty chemicals company focused on developing and supplying adhesives, sealants, tapes and related application devices for industrial and consumer-product markets. Its businesses serve applications ranging from hygiene and packaging to transportation, electronics, construction and infrastructure.[1][2]

The company operates globally, with more than 7,100 team members and customers in 150 countries.[3] Its mission is “Connect What Matters,” and its history dates to 1887.[3][4] In fiscal 2025, net revenue was $3.474 billion.[5] [1]+6

Products & services

H.B. Fuller offers adhesives, sealants, tapes, coatings and specialty chemicals for industrial and consumer applications. Its Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives portfolio includes products for packaging, flexible packaging, nonwovens, hygiene and medical uses; Engineering Adhesives serves applications including transportation, electronics, clean energy and aerospace; and Building Adhesive Solutions includes products for roofing, infrastructure, building envelopes, HVAC insulation, woodworking and insulating glass. The company also provides technical support and application-specific solutions.[1][6]

Named products include Advantra® hot-melt adhesives for packaging and case sealing, Flextra® film-laminating adhesives for flexible packaging, and Rakoll® adhesives for woodworking applications such as furniture and flooring.[7]+2 Medical products include Histoacryl® topical skin adhesive, based on n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate, and SurgiSeal®, a 2-octyl-cyanoacrylate wound-closure adhesive.[10][11] Swift®bond AT2641NA is a two-part polyurethane adhesive for automotive exterior bonding that is designed to bond without primer or flame/plasma pretreatment.[12]

For the first nine months of 2026, Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives accounted for $1,181.4 million, or 45%, of reported segment revenue; Engineering Adhesives for $804.4 million, or 30%; and Building Adhesive Solutions for $673.5 million, or 25%. These figures represent segment revenue, not individual product categories.[13] [1]+19

Geographic presence

H.B. Fuller reported sales operations in 34 countries across North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, India, the Middle East and Africa. In FY2025, net revenue was $1.782 billion from the Americas (51.3%), $1.047 billion from EIMEA (30.1%) and $645 million from Asia Pacific (18.6%).[6][14]

At the end of FY2025, net property, plant and equipment totaled $523 million in the United States, $110 million in China and $102 million in Germany; the remaining $201 million was spread across other countries.[15] The company lists its global headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, and its current corporate footprint as 70 manufacturing facilities and 38 technology centers in 35 countries.[16][17]

The company reports more than 7,100 employees globally and customers in 150 countries, but does not provide a complete employee breakdown by region on its profile page.[3] A May 2025 company post reported more than 450 employees in the IMEA region, alongside five manufacturing facilities, offices and technology centers.[18] [6]+6

Business segments

For fiscal 2025, H.B. Fuller reported three operating segments. Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives generated approximately 45% of consolidated revenue ($1,551.8 million), serving packaging, converting, nonwoven and hygiene, medical, and beauty markets.[19][20] Engineering Adhesives contributed approximately 30% ($1,061.8 million), with products for transportation, electronics, clean energy, aerospace and defense, textiles, appliances, and heavy machinery.[1][20] Building Adhesive Solutions contributed approximately 25% ($860.0 million), serving commercial roofing, infrastructure, building envelope, HVAC insulation, performance woodworking, and insulating glass markets.[1][20]

The company also presents revenue by geographic region—Americas, EIMEA, and Asia Pacific—as a separate revenue disaggregation, rather than an additional operating-segment structure.[5] At the start of fiscal 2025, H.B. Fuller reorganized its segments: North America Flooring was sold and its results moved to Corporate Unallocated, while several building-related businesses were combined to form Building Adhesive Solutions; prior periods were recast.[21][22] [19]+7

Company history

H.B. Fuller traces its origins to 1887, when Harvey Fuller began making flour-and-water paste in St. Paul, Minnesota. The company was incorporated in 1915, made its first public stock offering in 1968, and expanded into Europe in 1972 with the acquisition of Germany’s Lüneburger Wachsbleiche.[4]

The company broadened its industrial adhesives business in 2012 by acquiring Forbo’s global industrial adhesives business, then expanded its specialty adhesives and sealants portfolio with the 2017 acquisition of Royal Adhesives & Sealants.[23][24]

In 2022–2023, H.B. Fuller made a series of acquisitions, including GSSI, Lemtapes, Beardow Adams, Adhezion Biomedical, Aspen, XChem and Sanglier, extending its reach across adhesive applications, including medical adhesives. Celeste Mastin became president and CEO in December 2022, succeeding Jim Owens upon his retirement.[25]+3 [25]+6

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