Tailored Adhesives

Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Hickory, North Carolina, Tailored Adhesives is the largest family-owned, privately held adhesive manufacturer in the United States.

From initial consultation through ongoing support, you work directly with technical experts who understand your challenges. Our sales and technical support collaborate with our chemists using state-of-the-art R&D labs to ensure every formulation tailored to your operations. We focus on keeping your operations running at peak performance.

Our product line includes hot melts, water-based adhesives, emulsion polymers, mastics, resins, and specialty formulations for all industries. We maintain vertical integration across many of our processes, giving us control over quality and quick response times.

Making decisions with a generational perspective, we focus on relationships rather than transactions, giving you the stability built over decades and the agility that comes from ownership committed to your success.