H.B. Fuller Co.

History

Year	Detail
1887	Harvey Fuller moved to St. Paul, manufactures flour and water paste.
1915	H.B. Fuller Company incorporated.
1941	Harvey Fuller sold company to Elmer Andersen.
1964	H.B. Fuller merged its nine independent companies.
1968	H.B. Fuller held first public stock offering.
1972	H.B. Fuller acquired Lüneburger Wachsbleiche in Germany.
1982	Company acquired Isar-Rakoll Chemie in Germany.
1985	Company expanded to China with joint venture in Guangdong Province.
2002	Trading of public stock moved to NYSE (Ticker: FUL).
2008	Acquired Egymelt in Cairo, Egypt.
2010	Acquired Revertex Finewaters Sdn. Bdh. in Malaysia.
2011	Acquired Liquamelt Corp. and patented Liquamelt adhesive system.
2012	Acquired Forbo’s global industrial adhesives business and also acquired Engent in the US.
2013	Acquired Plexbond Química S/A in Brazil.
2014	Acquired ProSpec Construction Products in the US.
2015	Acquired TONSAN Adhesive, Inc. in China and later acquired Continental Products Ltd. In Kenya.
2016	Acquired Advanced Adhesives in Australia and New Zealand and acquired Cyberbond, L.L.C., in the US and Europe.
2017	Acquired Wisdom Adhesives in the US, Royal Adhesives & Sealants, Adecol Ind. Química, Limitada.
2021	Acquired STR Holdings, Inc. in the US, Tissue Seal, LLC in the US.
2022	Acquired Apollo in England, Fourny nv in Belgium.
2023	Acquired Adhezion Biomedical in the US, XCHEM International in the UAE, Beardow Adams in the UK.