About UHU
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Over the past 75 years, UHU Alleskleber has always been the leading adhesive used throughout Europe.
It has become the by-word for adhesives in Germany and Austria.
Over this period, a wide range of adhesives has grown up around the crystal-clear adhesive in the yellow tube that made the company so famous, so that there is a UHU adhesive to solve (nearly) all problems involving sticking. The UHU range meets all user requirements and covers all areas of applications, from kindergarten to the office, from hobby craft work to DIY, and from manual work to industry.
It was in 1905 that the dispensing chemist August Fischer bought the small chemicals factory of Ludwig Hoerth (founded in 1884) in Bühl (Germany).
He immediately extended the production of inks, stamp pads, paints and adhesives. He certainly could never have suspected that one day his company would make a discovery that was to give it worldwide fame as a manufacturer of adhesives.
The decisive breakthrough came in 1932 when August Fischer succeeded in developing the first ready-to-use, crystal-clear synthetic resin adhesive in the world that was able to stick together all known materials of the time, including the first plastics such as Bakelite®.
It was customary for goods in the paper, office and writing sector to be named after birds, and he took the name of a bird that was at that time still to be found in the Black Forest for his new product – UHU The All Purpose Adhesive.
Since then, the adhesive in the black and yellow tube has become one of the best-known branded items of our time. A large number of other adhesives have been added to the original universal adhesive over the years, so that UHU is now in a position to offer a comprehensive range of products with suitable adhesives for all types of material that can be stuck. The constant development of innovative products and advanced adhesive techniques has led to a full range of adhesives that cannot be beaten for quality and performance.
More than hundred years after its founding, UHU can now look back over the constant progress in research in development and the commercial success that have characterised its history. In 1971 UHU was taken over by the English Beecham Group, but was able to overcome this in 1989 by means of a management buy-out. UHU has been a totally owned subsidiary of the Bolton Group since 1994. Although the company is active worldwide, it is nevertheless deeply rooted in the Bühl region of Germany.
The name UHU is currently carried by more than 450 dedicated employees of the modern production plant at the company’s headquarters in Bühl, subsidiaries in Europe and elsewhere, and distribution partners in more than 120 countries around the world. Exports represent over 60% of the company’s turnover.
UHU will continue to look to the increasingly specific expectations of its users and offer innovative solutions that make using adhesives easier and produce sure results, in keeping with its motto – when it’s needed, UHU really sticks everything.
Saunders is the exclusive distributor for UHU in the United States.
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