Articles Tagged with ''Top Adhesives and Sealants Manufacturers List''

Avery Dennison is a global materials science and digital identification solutions provider that employs approximately 36,000 people in close to 200 locations operating over 50 countries.

Founded in 1902 as a small-scale mining venture in Northern Minnesota, 3M is now an American multi-national conglomerate providing products in fields including worker safety, healthcare, and industrial and consumer goods.

Henkel recorded revenue of approximately €22.4 billion, with its Adhesive Technologies business reporting approximately €11.2 billion (~ $12 billion) in sales, up 16.6% compared to 2021 and approximately 50% of total company sales for 2022. 

Welcome to the 2022 ASI Top 20! To develop our annual listing of the leading worldwide manufacturers of adhesives, sealants, and related products (e.g., tapes, labels, films), we reached out to manufacturers and requested details such as sales figures pertaining specifically to their adhesives and sealants-related businesses. We also pored over secondary sources such as annual reports and press releases to collect relevant supplementary information.

Every year, we study the leading worldwide manufacturers of adhesives and sealants to compile the ASI Top 20. In considering the rankings, we focus on sales figures (and other details) for finished adhesives and sealants, as well as related products such as tapes and labels.

Four business areas comprise Adhesive Technologies: Packaging & Consumer Goods, representing 32% of the segment’s 2021 sales; Craftsmen, Construction & Professional, 31%; Automotive & Metals, 22%; and Electronics & Industrials, 15%. Each segment achieved double-digit organic sales increases for the year.

Bostik, Arkema’s Adhesives segment, achieved almost €2.3 billion (approximately $2.5 billion) in revenue in 2021. An increase of 14.1% over 2020, this represented 24% of Arkema’s total revenue for the year.