For over 133 years, Wisdom Adhesives has been an industrial adhesives manufacturing firm you can count on. Now operating
under our 5th generation of Wisdom family management,
we've proven we're here to stay.

Jeff Wisdom
           
Chairman and CEO          
            North America's Top Mid-Sized Adhesive Manufacturer For Over 132 Years
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Welcome to Wisdom Adhesives


High Quality Adhesives and Custom Adhesive Solutions

Wisdom Adhesives is a 133 year old adhesive company, founded in 1875 by Phillip Wisdom. Based in Elgin, IL, Wisdom Adhesives is a supplier of environmentally safe and compliant waterbased and hot melt adhesives to industrial users throughout the world. Wisdom Adhesives is recognized as a top mid-sized adhesive manufacturer of Waterbased Resins, Dextrins, PSA’s and Acrylics; Hot Melt Eva’s, PE’s and PSA’s; Protein Adhesives and Reactive Products. Wisdom supplies adhesives to a wide range of industries including Book Binding, Converting Tissue and Towel, Graphic Arts, Packaging, Product Assembly, Textiles and General Purpose.


Wisdom's Leading Edge Customer Focused initiatives



Wisdom Total Quality Management (WTQM)

Wisdom Total Quality Management (WTQM) with Lean Six Sigma principals and a Focused Accelerated Service Team (LSS-FAST) is directed at customer level needs.

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ECO2 - Efficient Compact Organization

Wisdom Adhesives strictly adheres to an Efficient Compact Organization structure and has only two (2) reporting levels from the shop floor to Senior Management.

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PolyTak

Check out PolyTak, our NEW easy-to-use and
easy-to-run case and carton hot melt adhesive for the packaging industry.

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GreenBond Sustainable Adhesives (GBSA)

GreenBond Sustainable Adhesives are our eco-friendly, environmentally compatible and energy efficient line of adhesives.

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From our press Room...

Wisdom Adhesives Introduces PolyTak Hot Melt Adhesive
Wisdom Adhesives, North America's top mid-sized adhesives manufacturer, announces the addition of PolyTak Hot Melt Adhesives to their product line of specialty adhesives.

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PolyTak

Wisdom Adhesives Names Tom Rolando Executive Vice President Technologies for Wisdom Global Adhesives Group
Mr. Rolando holds a Master of Science Degree in Organic Polymer Chemistry from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, and Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from the College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN.

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Tom Rolando

Wisdom Adhesives Names Vic Biazis President of Wisdom Global Adhesives Group
Mr. Biazis is well known and respected within the adhesives industry, having 26 years of industry experience. Since joining Wisdom Adhesives as an officer in 2005, Mr. Biazis has restructured Wisdom's entire global sales organization to meet ever-changing world market needs.

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Vic Biazis

Wisdom Adhesives Introduces ClearBond
The Industry's Best, NEW Technology Has Finally Arrived!
ClearBond - our Hot Melt Adhesive is specifically designed using cutting edge polymer technology for increased heat resistance, best mileage, and best heat stability. No doubt this product is a market leader.

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