Adhesive Manufacturingin USA
USA Market Research and Industry Report
24 October 2007
Industry Code : 32552
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing adhesives, glues, and caulking compounds. Adhesives are materials that are initially fluid or semi-fluid, placed between two opposing solid materials, become solids themselves (by solvent evaporation or chemical reaction), bond to the surfaces they are applied to and prevent joint movement. Sealants are materials that are initially fluid or semi-fluid, placed between two opposing solid materials, become solids themselves (by solvent evaporation or chemical reaction), bond to the surfaces they are applied to and accommodate joint movement. In architectural applications, sealants and caulks use their ability to accommodate joint movement to seal out the intrusion of water, wind, pollutants, dust and insects. "Sealants" are generally considered to deliver appreciably higher performance than "Caulks" – while they both serve the same basic purpose. This industry manufactures a broad range of adhesives, sealants and caulks, which are on-sold to the construction sector, aircraft manufacturers, automotive manufacturers, packaging industries, and other consumer durables manufacturers.
The major products and services in this industry are:
| - | Synthetic resin and rubber adhesives |
| - | Non-structural caulking components |
| - | Structural sealants |
| - | Natural base glues and adhesives | |
The primary activities of this industry are:
| - | Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing |
| - | Caulking compounds (except gypsum base) manufacturing |
| - | Rubber cement manufacturing |
| - | Construction adhesives (except asphalt, gypsum base) manufacturing |
| - | Dextrin glues manufacturing |
| - | Epoxy adhesives manufacturing |
| - | Glues (except dental) manufacturing |
| - | Joint compounds (except gypsum base) manufacturing |
| - | Mucilage adhesives manufacturing |
| - | Adhesive paste manufacturing |
| - | Pipe sealing compound manufacturing |
| - | Plumbers' putty manufacturing |
| - | Starch glue manufacturing |
| - | Tile adhesive manufacturing | |
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