Nordson Corporation

Nordson Corporation
legal form	Corporation
ISIN	US6556631025
founding	1954
Seat	Westlake , United States
management	Michael F. Hilton (President and CEO)
Number of employees	7,532
sales	2,067,000,000 USD
Branch	mechanical engineering
Website	www.nordson.com
As of October 31, 2017

The Nordson Corporation is a manufacturer of precision equipment for applying adhesives, sealants and coatings. The company is headquartered in Westlake , Ohio and has operations in over 30 countries.

history

The company goes back to the US Automatic Company founded in 1909 . At that time, the company specialized in the production of low-cost turned parts for the automotive industry . In 1935 the focus of production was shifted to the manufacture of high-precision parts under the direction of the company founder at the time, Walter G. Nord.

In 1954 the Nordson Corporation was founded by the two brothers Eric and Evan Nord in Amherst, Ohio as a division of the US Automatic Corporation. The business model at the time concentrated on the patents for the hot and airless process for applying paints and coating materials. In the mid-1960s, the US Automatic Corporation was finally integrated into the Nordson Corporation.

Towards the end of the 1980s, the company began taking over other companies in order to strengthen its own market position. The first company to be taken over by Nordson was Industrial Coating Aktiebolag. The company continued to pursue this strategy in the 1990s and acquired other companies.

Products

Nordson manufactures equipment and systems for applying paints, sealants and coatings to a variety of plastic, metal and wood products.

Awards

• German Packaging Award 2010 for the MiniBlue II ™ hot melt adhesive application head

Web links

• Nordson Corporation website (German and English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Nordson 20117 Form 10-K Report , accessed December 19, 2017
2. ↑ Verpackungspreis.de : MiniBlue II ™ hot melt adhesive application head