H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL), the largest pureplay adhesives provider in the world, announced today that it has completed two strategic acquisitions that will accelerate transformation of the company’s portfolio toward more highly specified applications and enhance diversification of H.B. Fuller’s Construction Adhesives (CA) business.

Expanding Capabilities in the Fast-growing Healthcare Adhesives Market

H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL), the biggest pureplay adhesives company in the world, announced that it has acquired Adhezion Biomedical, a privately held U.S. medical adhesives company with customers in more than 40 countries and more than 35 global certifications, including 105 patents.

New manufacturing capacity and complementary portfolio expand and diversify H.B. Fuller’s Construction Adhesives business

Apex International, global leader in Anilox, Glue Set, and Print Solution technology, is excited to announce the acquisition of the building next door to its headquarters in Hapert, Netherlands. This strategic acquisition enables Apex International to significantly enhance production capacity and better serve the increasing market demand.

Acquisition highlights & customer benefits:
· Expands products and services offered by Tecnau in the graphic communication segment, with added solutions for direct mail and transpromo markets
· Diversifies Tecnau into sustainable packaging for books, e-commerce and parcel sorting for intralogistics
· Creates a global entity with combined over 370 employees and revenues above USD 100 million (fiscal year 2022)
· Broadens Tecnau’s global reach with combined direct subsidiaries in United States, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Singapore and Japan and a global distribution/agency network.

Fortaco Group, the leading strategic partner in Europe to the heavy off-highway equipment industry, providing zero emission solutions and technology, assemblies, vehicle cabins and steel fabrications has started a significant capacity extension project in the Gliwice region in Poland. The greenfield investment consists of a covered production area of 34.000 m2 and new equipment.

HANZA buys a property in Töcksfors with an adjacent plot, which enables the expansion of the company's manufacturing cluster in Sweden.

Coveris announces the successful signing and closure of another strategic deal in CEE: the acquisition of P.P. D.K. LAMIN Sp. z o.o. (D.K. LAMIN).

Three years after establishing its first manufacturing site in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Coveris is further expanding its footprint by accessing the strongest market in the region, Poland. D.K. LAMIN will be integrated into the Coveris network and together with Coveris Pirtó in Hungary, create a hub for high-tech packaging production in Eastern Europe.

Delta Electronics, Inc. (later referred to as “Delta”), a global leading provider of power and thermal management solutions, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase, through its subsidiary Delta International Holding Limited B.V., 100% shareholdings of HY&T Investments Holding B.V. and its subsidiaries, including TB&C Group, a leading provider of automotive high-voltage hybrid components, from Cooperatief H2 Equity Partners Fund IV Holding W.A. and Te Bokkel Beheer B.V. for 142 million euros (approx. NT$ 4,661,860 thousand).

Proposed acquisition of Glenwood Private Equity’s 54% stake in the listed South Korean company PI Advanced Materials (PIAM), for €728m enterprise value. The company will be fully consolidated in Arkema’s accounts
With sales of over €200m, an EBITDA margin of around 30% and best-in-class manufacturing, PIAM is the global leader in polyimide films, delivering superior growth in the attractive consumer electronics and electric vehicles markets

CCL Industries Inc., a world leader in specialty label, security and packaging solutions for global corporations, government institutions, small businesses and consumers, announced it has signed a binding agreement today to acquire Pouch Partners s.r.l., Italy, (“Pouch Partners”) from Pouch Partners AG, Switzerland, a company owned by Swiss headquartered Capri-Sun Group.

CCL Industries Inc., a world leader in specialty label, security and packaging solutions for global corporations, government institutions, small businesses and consumers, announced today that it has acquired Oomph Made Limited, a privately owned designer and supplier of Radio Frequency Identification (“RFID”) and Near-Field Communication (“NFC”) access cards and wristbands based in Liphook, United Kingdom.