CROW's Top 3 Product Assembly Adhesive Manufacturers
DuPont
Headquarters: Wilmington, DE
Website: www.dupont.com
Revenue: Approx. $2.8 Billion (Dow Automotive, 2014)
Main Markets: Automotive & Transportation (OEM & Aftermarket)
About: The Automotive Group of DuPont (formerly Dow Automotive Systems) is a leading manufacturer of adhesives and sealants for the transportation industry. Their high performance structural adhesives (sold under the trade name BETAMATE™) deliver outstanding crash durability, lap shear and dynamic impact strength enabling improved load carrying capabilities, vehicle stiffness, durability, and weight reduction. The company also offers some of the best structural adhesives for the automotive aftermarket and other very demanding structural bonding applications (2k RT cure).
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Headquarters: Düsseldorf, Germany
Website: www.henkel.com
Revenue: Approx. $10.7 Billion (Adhesive Technology
is about 47% of total business)
Main Markets: Transportation, Consumer Goods, Electronics, General Industry, etc.
About: Henkel is a multinational company having a leading market position in both consumer and industrial adhesives. The company offers one of the broadest portfolios of structural adhesives for many demanding product assembly applications. These products are sold under the brand names LOCTITE® and TEROSON® and are widely used for structural bonding and reinforcing in the automotive body, vehicle repair, industrial assemblies and building and construction industries.
Sika AG
Headquarters: Baar, Switzerland
Website: www.sika.com
Revenue: Approx. $7.1 Billion
Main Markets: Transportation, Consumer Goods, Electronics, General Industry, etc.
About: Sika is a major manufacturer of product assembly adhesives for the transportation, general assembly and construction industry. Their high performance structural adhesives are sold under the trade names SIKAFORCE® and SIKAFAST®. These products deliver high bond strength and high impact resistance enabling improved load carrying capabilities, durability, and weight reduction. The company is also a major manufacturer of sealant products.
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