Newell Brands (Elmer's)
HQ US40% share
Owns Elmer's (white PVA glue/glue sticks) and other consumer brands.
chemical · input
School Adhesives & Tape (Glue/Tape)
White glue, glue sticks and tape for school/office use.
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Source countries
3
Companies
1
Goods affected
0
Claims on record
What depends on it
Goods that need this input
1 essential American goods rely on school adhesives & tape (glue/tape) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Where it comes from
Source countries
Share of global supply, by country.
| Country | Share of supply |
|---|---|
| DEGermany (Federal Republic of Germany) | 18% |
| CACanada | 17% |
| MXMexico | 14% |
| TWTaiwan | 10% |
| CNChina | 9% |
| JPJapan | 4% |
| KRSouth Korea (Republic of Korea) | 4% |
| ITItaly | 3% |
| VNVietnam | 2% |
| GBUnited Kingdom | 2% |
| INIndia | 2% |
| EGEgypt | 2% |
Who makes it
Supplier companies
3 companies produce school adhesives & tape (glue/tape).
3M Company
HQ US
3M Company (Maplewood MN; NYSE: MMM; ~$23B revenue after Health Care spinoff; ~$35B before) is the dominant US manufacturer of N95 respirators and is vertically integrated into meltblown polypropylene nonwoven production. 3M manufactures its own electret (electrostatically charged) meltblown filtration media at its Arden Hills, MN facility — a rare example of vertical integration in nonwovens. 3M's N95 respirators (1860, 8210, 8110S) use proprietary Filtrete electret media. During COVID-19, 3M doubled N95 production to ~2 billion respirators/year (from ~1B) but could not scale meltblown capacity fast enough to meet demand — the Arden Hills facility was the binding constraint. 3M also sells Filtrete HVAC filter media (MERV 11-13) made from the same meltblown technology, generating ~$700M/year in home filtration revenue alongside its respirator business.
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA(HEN3.DE)
HQ DE
World’s largest adhesives maker (>13% of global adhesives; €10.97B Adhesive Technologies 2024); wood/furniture glues (Loctite, UF resins).