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H.B. Fuller in the North American Supply Chain

Headquartered in Minnesota, United States. A large manufacturer with multiple North American plants, holding 10 mapped positions across 10 industries.

TIER 2

Positions

Every mapped position H.B. Fuller holds, by industry and tier. A company can sit at more than one tier in the same industry, and in more than one product lens at the same tier; each of those is its own row.

  • MarineTIER 2
    Adhesives, Tapes & Sealants
    Hot melt and water-based adhesive producer

    Product scope Hot melts and water-based foam and fabric adhesives for pontoon furniture, cushion, and carpet lamination at the Tier 1 shops

    NA footprint MN, IL

  • AutomotiveTIER 2
    Adhesives, Tapes & Sealants
    Hot melt and specialty adhesive producer

    Product scope Hot melts and water-based adhesives for interior trim lamination, filters, labels, and harness

    NA footprint MN, IL, KY, Mexico

  • Building ProductsTIER 2
    Adhesives, Tapes & Sealants
    Adhesive producer

    Product scope Reactive hot-melt and polyurethane for window and door assembly, Kommerling IGU sealants, commercial roofing adhesives (Millennium), panel lamination and flooring adhesives

    NA footprint MN, plants across the US

  • ElectronicsTIER 2
    Adhesives, Tapes & Sealants
    Adhesive producer

    Product scope Hot melt, reactive polyurethane, and water-based adhesives for speaker and module assembly, foam and gasket lamination, filter media, and label converting; reaches electronics mostly through component makers and converters rather than the EMS line

    NA footprint MN, IL, KY; Mexico

  • Heavy Truck & Off-HighwayTIER 2
    Adhesives, Tapes & Sealants
    Hot melt and polyurethane adhesive producer

    Product scope Two-part polyurethanes for bus and trailer flooring and panel lamination, hot melts for interior trim, water-based adhesives for insulation

    NA footprint MN, IL, KY, Mexico

  • RV & PowersportsTIER 2
    Adhesives, Tapes & Sealants
    Adhesive and sealant producer

    Product scope Hot melts and reactive polyurethanes for panel lamination, edge banding and flooring, water-based contact adhesives replacing solvent spray in interior work, and polyurethane construction sealants; competes hardest where a plant wants application engineering with the drum

    NA footprint St. Paul MN; plants in MN, IL, GA, TX, PA, WA; Mexico

  • AppliancesTIER 2
    Adhesives, Tapes & Sealants
    Hot melt and adhesive producer

    Product scope Hot melt, reactive polyurethane, and water-based adhesives for liner assembly, insulation lamination, filter media, and label converting; competes with Bostik head to head for the same hot melt positions

    NA footprint MN, IL, KY; Mexico

  • Medical DevicesTIER 2
    Adhesives, Tapes & Sealants
    Adhesive producer

    Product scope Medical adhesives for disposables and hygiene-adjacent construction, hot melt for nonwoven drape, gown, and dressing assembly, and cyanoacrylate for device assembly and topical skin closure after the Adhezion Biomedical acquisition; confirm which lines carry medical grades

    NA footprint St. Paul MN; Wauwatosa WI; Wyandotte MI; Mexico

  • PackagingTIER 2
    Adhesives, Tapes & Sealants
    Packaging adhesive producer

    Product scope The largest packaging adhesive supplier in North America by volume: EVA and metallocene polyolefin case sealing and carton closing hot melts, PUR reactive hot melt, water-based case and carton adhesives, glue-applied labeling adhesive, and laminating adhesive; sells equipment-adjacent application support as the differentiator, not chemistry alone

    NA footprint St. Paul MN; plants in MN, IL, GA, TX, PA, WA; Mexico

  • Energy & StorageTIER 2
    Adhesives, Tapes & Sealants
    Adhesive and sealant producer

    Product scope Reactive polyurethane and epoxy structural adhesives for cell and module bonding, thermally conductive adhesives, and potting compounds; sells hardest through its engineering adhesives organization and competes on dispensing support

    NA footprint St. Paul MN; plants in MN, IL, GA, TX, PA, WA; Mexico

Certifications

Held company-wide, not per position or per plant.

  • FSSC 22000
  • IATF 16949
  • ISO 13485
  • ISO 14001
  • ISO 9001
  • UL Yellow Card

Reports covering these markets

Where H.B. Fuller sits relative to everyone else in each of these markets, tier by tier.

Marine
Automotive
Building Products
Electronics
Heavy Truck & Off-Highway
RV & Powersports
Appliances
Medical Devices
Packaging
Energy & Storage

Related companies

Companies sharing an industry and a tier with H.B. Fuller, largest first. At most 8 are listed.

10 positions mapped from public sources. Data as-of dates are stamped on the report for each market.