Worldwide list of top hot melt adhesive manufacturers

There is a list of worldwide famous and professional suppliers of hot melt adhesives. They serve the bonding industries with great expertise and outstanding products. The is much development and hot melt adhesive bonding technology in both material and formula research. They have take advantages of these.

These manufacturers are providing more and more effective and cost-saving solutions to varies applications. These include electronics binding, bookbinding, packaging, cloth-laminating, shoe-making, carton-making, tapes, graphic printing applications, labeling and so on. Most of them have distributors in fast industrial developing countries, such as China, Indian, Pakistan, Indonesia, Philippine, Malaysia, Brazil, Mexico. Or they export directly to these areas and regions.

Factories and suppliers from the USA

Companies	Founding Year	Manufacture and supply featured products
H.B. Fuller	1887	General-purpose pressure-sensitive adhesive; Advantra® Case and Carton Sealing Hot Melt
Dow Chemical	1897	AFFINITY ™, ENGAGE ™, INFUSE ™, high performing polymers
Evans Adhesive	1900	Metallocene, EVA, PE, APAO, Polyamide and Rubber block co-polymers.
3M	1902	Hotmelt stick, Hot Melt Sprayable Adhesives

Hotmelt glue manufacturers from Europe

Companies	Founding Year	Manufacture and supply featured products
Henkel Adhesive	1876	PA, PS, PUR TECHNOMELT®
Jowat Adhesives	1919	Jowatherm®, Jowat-Toptherm®, Jowat-Hightherm®, Jowatherm® CoPA, Jowatherm® GROW, Jowatherm-Reaktant®
Power Adhesives	1980’s	TEC™ and TECBOND®
Bostik	1913	PE85 Polyester Hot Melt Web Adhesive, PO 86 Polyolefin Web Adhesive, HM4279LV, Thermogrip®  series

Hotmelt glue factories from Asia

Companies	Founding Year	Manufacture and supply featured products
Tex Year group	1976	TEX YEAR® , HMPSA, TPR / Rubber, APO/APAO, Polyamide and PUR
YASUHARA CHEMICAL	1947	solvent-free hot melt adhesives suitable for easy peelable lids, packaging, filters, and other applications
GC Adhesive	2009	Leading manufacturer and supplier of full-range hotmelt adhesive types, GC satisfies industries, like packaging, textile, footware, woodworking

Hot melt adhesives have many advantages, such as long shelf life, easy operation, environmental-friendly material. Many industries have gradually replace traditional adhesive with HMA. Hotmelt adhesives market share has been growing rapidly. And many factories have been set up. Production capacity has moved to Asian countries, as the expansion of needs for adhesive bonding there. In the meanwhile, their technique and basic research have been developing.

In addition to traditional western manufacturers and suppliers, their Asian counterparts have also offered high cost-effective solution with high bonding performance. Multiple applications, huge market, gradual cultivation of tech, promote mutual development of hot melt glue market, both in the west and east.