Adhesives giant H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL) has acquired ND Industries Inc., which provides specialty adhesives and fastener locking and sealing solutions for the automotive, electronics, and aerospace industries. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Founded in 1955, Greater Detroit-based ND Industries manufactures adhesives, sealants and thread-locking technologies for fasteners and assemblies. The $70 million company has 13 U.S. divisions plus facilities in Taiwan, China and Turkey plus licensees worldwide. Web: ndindustries.com

As part of the acquisition, products under ND Industries’ Vibra-Tite brand will be added to H.B. Fuller’s existing epoxy, cyanoacrylate, UV curable and anaerobic product range.

The new business, which includes five U.S. locations and 300 employees, will operate within H.B. Fuller's existing Engineering Adhesives global business unit.

“ND Industries has been a very profitable, family-owned business for several decades and has impressively built one of the most extensive product portfolios in the pre-applied fastener industry,” stated H.B. Fuller CEO Celeste Mastin. “Their products are a natural fit with our existing market segments and bring new technology to our portfolio — combining the benefits of an adhesive and a mechanical fastener within extremely demanding applications — resulting in a powerful advantage for our customers.”

ND Industries formulates and manufactures materials applied to fasteners and assemblies to aid in critical functions such as locking, sealing, masking, lubricating, and noise and vibration dampening. The company also has a network of processing centers providing in-house engineered coating application services to help increase the safety and reliability of fastener assemblies, and a line of small pack technologies for MROs. The combination of innovative adhesives, custom equipment, and pre-applied processing centers expands H.B. Fuller’s adhesive application expertise.

“With more than 55 years of excellence and a strong customer base, ND Industries has been at the forefront of technological advancements for decades,” added Richard Wallace, chairman of ND Industries. “Both companies have worked closely over the past several months to ensure a smooth transition and share many of the same values, including close customer collaboration and innovating with speed.”

Founded in 1887, St. Paul, MN-based H.B. Fuller is the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, with $3.5 billion in annual revenue and 7,000 employees. Web: hbfuller.com