We’re proud to share that our H.B. Fuller Grand Rapids facility is IATF 16949 certified for our commitment to the highest quality standards in the automotive industry. What this means for our customers: ✅ Consistent, repeatable quality you can rely on ✅ Stronger process controls and continuous improvement ✅ Alignment with global automotive OEM and tier supplier requirements ✅ Reduced risk and increased supply chain confidence ✅ Products and processes designed to perform in demanding applications This certification reflects our ongoing focus on quality, reliability, and partnership every step of the way.
Automotive Adhesives
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
St Paul, Minnesota 2,352 followers
Adhesives and Sealants for the Automotive Industry
About us
At H.B. Fuller, we manufacture and market a broad range of adhesive technologies for today’s automotive adhesives needs, such as water-based, hot melt, reactive hot melt, and solvent-based adhesives. Our low emission automotive adhesives and sealants are formulated to enable lightweight designs that increase energy efficiency, safety, and sustainability, and to comply with, or exceed, the most current regulations. We’re more than just a global transportation adhesives manufacturer — we’re a company with a reputation you can trust. Leading manufacturers continue to choose us time after time, because we make and market adhesives for the most challenging bonding applications. We continually drive innovation with our products and solutions, so we can offer our customers increased vehicle and component durability, faster processing, and the design freedom they need to compete in today’s marketplace. And, we deliver through comprehensive technical expertise — quickly, locally and personally. Bonding without mechanical fasteners or welding has enabled manufacturers to lower costs and complexity in their manufacturing processes while improving form and functionality of end products.
- Website
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http://www.hbfuller.com/automotive
External link for Automotive Adhesives
- Industry
- Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
- Company size
- 5,001-10,000 employees
- Headquarters
- St Paul, Minnesota
- Founded
- 1887
- Specialties
- Automotive Aftermarket, Automotive Electronics, Body in White, Coil Coating, Electric Motors, Electric Vehicles, Exterior Lighting, Automotive Interiors, Powertrain, Lightweighting, Automotive Attachments, Noise Vibration Harshness, Sound Damping, Automotive Assembly, Automotive Cameras and Sensors, Autonomous Vehicles, Automotive Sealants, Butyl Patches, Lamination, Rubber to Metal Bonding, Friction Brake Bonding, and Underbody Coating
Updates
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Happy holidays from the H.B. Fuller Automotive Team! Thank you to our customers, partners, and colleagues who have been part of our journey this year. Here’s to a bright and successful year ahead!
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Automotive Adhesives reposted this
Enhancing EV Battery Packs with Foams, Adhesives and High-Performance Thermal Materials. Effective thermal management is one of the most critical aspects of EV battery pack design. Engineers must not only ensure efficient heat dissipation during charging and discharging cycles but also maintain uniform temperature across all cells to optimize performance and extend battery life. This requires integrating advanced materials—such as flame-retardant foams, adhesives, and gap fillers—that can simultaneously control heat flow, provide structural reinforcement, and improve overall safety. To learn more about addressing these thermal challenges at the material level, Charged and Joel Franke recently chatted with Germaine Mariaselvaraj, Technical Service Manager at H.B. Fuller. Germaine explained how their EV Protect foam series addresses a core challenge in EV battery design: preventing thermal runaway from propagating between cells. The foam acts as a fire‐retardant barrier, helping isolate a single failing cell so that the rest of the pack remains intact. Beyond just safety, it also delivers structural and vibration-resistance benefits, which many battery integrators rely on to meet durability standards without adding heavy metal or plastic stiffeners. H.B. Fuller’s first offering, EV Protect 4006, is a semi-structural foam that flows into cavities and expands to encapsulate components. As market demands shifted toward more structural solutions, H.B. Fuller introduced EV Protect 5006, 5008, and 5009—versions with increased stiffness that allow for the reduction or replacement of traditional structural parts. The upshot: reduced part count, lower mass and a more integrated pack layout that supports newer architectures like cell-to-pack or cell-to-chassis. Beyond thermal management, the foam contributes to noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) control and thermal insulation. Some customers rely on the foam to help them pass vibration testing that they could not achieve with bare components, and because the foam envelops the cells, it also mitigates temperature swings in extreme ambient conditions. In cold or hot environments, the foam moderates local temperatures, helping reduce the impact on range or battery performance. Germaine also discussed H.B. Fuller’s EV Bond 775, a reactive hot-melt adhesive that streamlines battery module assembly. By replacing tape or multi-step adhesive processes, this reactive hot-melt enables faster bonding of mica to lids, cells and cooling tubes. That accelerates cycle time, reduces handling, and cuts scrap or rework—all valuable in high-volume battery manufacturing. On the gap-filling and thermal interface front, H.B. Fuller’s EV Them 288 (a silicone-free MS polymer) competes with traditional silicone gap fillers. Because it’s silicone-free, it helps meet stricter OEM constraints on materials in the manufacturing environment. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eE4-i6qP.
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Automotive Adhesives reposted this
🔋 Well-behaved batteries rarely make the news. H.B. Fuller is at The Battery Show Detroit showcasing our innovative solutions that power safer, more reliable battery packs. From thermal management to structural bonding, and flame retardant foam encapsulation, we’re helping shape the future of batteries. 👋 Stop by booth 2218 to say hello to our team and see how we can help enable your battery designs. #TheBatteryShow25 #Batteries
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This International Adhesives and Sealants Day, we’re celebrating the science that makes cars stronger, safer, and more reliable. From interior to exterior bonding, damping and sealing components, we have the solutions you need with the technical experts to help you find the perfect formula for the road ahead.
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Join us at the 2025 TPO Show as Annie Moorhead, PhD, Senior Scientist at H.B. Fuller, unveils our latest breakthrough: a high-performance thermoplastic hot melt adhesive designed to bond both polar and non-polar substrates. From ABS to TPO Foil, this adhesive delivers: ✅ Strong ambient & high-temp performance ✅ Enhanced process efficiency ✅ Reduced capital investment ✅ Cohesive reliability through climate cycles
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We’re spotlighting a game-changing innovation in EV battery tech: EV Therm 602 🔋 Fast UV cure, ultra-thin coating, low scrap rates—this dielectric coating is redefining cold plate performance. Tune in now to hear why we’re so excited about this new innovation! 🎥YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gWnc_xin 🎧Spotify: https://lnkd.in/esYxAcQx
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Firmenlauf Mannheim 2025: Team Spirit on the Run! 🏃♂️🏃♀️ On June 26, team members from our Commercial and Technical Automotive Team in Mannheim and our Surbourg facility came together for the Firmenlauf Mannheim, a 5 km corporate run that brought connection, collaboration, and community to the forefront. At H.B. Fuller, we believe in connecting what matters - and this event was a perfect reflection of that. Whether it’s through innovation, teamwork, or shared experiences like this one, we’re proud to build strong bonds that go beyond the workplace. A big thank you to everyone who took part and represented our company with such enthusiasm. 👏 Here’s to more events that bring us together - on and off the track! #hbfuller #connectingwhatmatters #firmenlaufmannheim #automotiveindustry #surbourg #mannheim
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