Grace Matthews, Inc. announced that Minneapolis-based Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison (GHJ&M) has acquired a majority position in Applied Adhesives, a former portfolio company of Ellipse Capital.

Bostik, a leading adhesive specialist for industrial, construction and consumer markets, will implement price increases on industrial products worldwide on April 1, 2017.

Ellsworth Adhesives Europe, supplier of adhesives and adhesive dispensing equipment, has purchased TRB Lightweight Structure’s Lord^® adhesive business.

H.B. Fuller is putting its acquisition of TONSAN Adhesive Inc.to work to fast-track engineering adhesives innovation in the automotive, electronics, solar, wind, MRO, appliance and heavy machinery markets.

Arsenal Capital Partners has completed the sale of portfolio company Royal Adhesives and Sealants LLC to American Securities LLC. 

Webasto-Edscha Cabrio USA has presented Sika Region NA Automotive with its Quality Excellence Award.

According to a soon-to-be-released study by the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, global consumption of formulated adhesives was 10.24 million tons in 2014 worth $29.4 billion.

According to a newly released market study, U.S. demand for adhesives and sealants is forecast to increase 2.8% per year to 6.4 billion pounds in 2019, valued at $12.8 billion.

Sika has entered into exclusive negotiations with Axson management and shareholders to acquire Axson Technologies.

Royal Adhesives & Sealants LLC, South Bend, IN, has completed its acquisition of the assets of Advanced Polymers International (API) from PCI Paper Conversions Inc.