CSWI vs FUL

CSW Industrials Inc.

CSW Industrials, Inc. operates as a diversified industrial company in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Industrial Products and Specialty Chemicals. The Industrial Products segment offers specialty mechanical products; grilles, registers, and diffusers; fire and smoke protection products; architecturally specified building products; and storage, filtration, and application equipment for use with its specialty chemicals and other products for general industrial applications. The Specialty Chemicals segment offers lubricants and greases, drilling compounds, anti-seize compounds, chemical formulations, degreasers and cleaners, penetrants, pipe thread sealants, fire stopping sealants and caulks, and adhesives/solvent cement. The company serves the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; and plumbing, refrigeration, commercial construction, electrical, rail car and locomotive, cement, energy, infrastructure drilling and boring, mining, oil and gas, power generation, steel, water well drilling, and general industrial markets. It sells its products under the RectorSeal No. 5, Kopr Kote, KATS Coatings, Jet-Lube, Smoke Guard, Safe-T-Switch, Mighty Bracket, Balco, Whitmore Rail, Air Sentry, Oil Safe, Deacon, Leak Freeze, Greco, and TRUaire brands. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

H. B. Fuller Company

H.B. Fuller Company, together with its subsidiaries, formulates, manufactures, and markets adhesives, sealants, coatings, polymers, tapes, encapsulants, additives, and other specialty chemical products worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives; Engineering Adhesives; and Construction Adhesives. The Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives segment produces and supplies specialty industrial adhesives such as, thermoplastic, thermoset, reactive, and water-based and solvent-based products for applications in various markets, including food and beverage containers, flexible packaging, consumer goods, package integrity and re-enforcement, and non-durable goods; corrugation, folding carton, tape and label, paper converting, envelopes, books, multi-wall bags, sacks, and tissue and towel; disposable diapers, feminine care, and medical garments; and health and beauty. The Engineering Adhesives segment produces and supplies high performance industrial adhesives such as reactive, light cure, two-part liquids, polyurethane, silicone, film, and fast cure products to the appliances and filters, windows, doors and wood flooring, and textile, transportation, electronics, medical, clean energy, aerospace and defense, appliance, heavy machinery, and insulating glass markets. The Construction Adhesives segment provides products used for tile setting, commercial roofing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning and insulation applications, as well as caulks and sealants for the consumer market and professional trade. The company sells its products directly through distributors and retailers. H.B. Fuller Company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.