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Structural Adhesives for Automotive
Structural adhesives for automotive applications are formulated bonding systems used in load-bearing vehicle joints.
Product & engineering
Understand the product.
Epoxy, polyurethane and other chemistries differ in toughness, cure and substrate compatibility. Joint geometry controls how loads distribute through the bondline.
Bonding can accompany mechanical fastening or welding. Surface condition, assembly timing and paint-process exposure influence the delivered joint.
What turns activity into demand
A strong adhesive on a test coupon does not establish a durable vehicle joint. Separate adhesive mass from bonded vehicles, joining equipment and complete assembly services.
The commercial boundary
Separate adhesive mass from bonded vehicles, joining equipment and complete assembly services.
Technical reading
Selected research
Market Structure
Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Market by Size, by Type, by Application, by Region, History and Forecast 2021-2032
Market perspective
The global Structural Adhesives for Automotive market is projected to grow from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, implying a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
The US & Canada market for Structural Adhesives for Automotive is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
The Europe market for Structural Adhesives for Automotive is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
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The Asia Pacific market for Structural Adhesives for Automotive is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
The China market for Structural Adhesives for Automotive is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
Leading global manufacturers of Structural Adhesives for Automotive include 3M, Dow, Kangda New Materials, Shanghai Huitian New Material, Henkel, Chengdu Guibao Science&Technology, Beijing Comens New Materials, DuPont and BASF, among others. In 2025, the top three vendors together accounted for approximately % of global revenue.
On the production side, the report examines Structural Adhesives for Automotive output, growth rates, and market shares by manufacturer and by region (at regional and country level) for 2021-2026, with forecasts through 2032.
On the consumption side, the report analyzes sales of Structural Adhesives for Automotive by region (regional and country level), company, type, and application for 2021-2026 and provides forecasts through 2032.
The report provides an overview of the global Structural Adhesives for Automotive market in terms of capacity, output, revenue, and price, analyzing global market trends using historical revenue and sales data for 2021-2025, estimates for 2026, and projected CAGRs through 2032.
The study covers key producers of Structural Adhesives for Automotive and consumption patterns in major regions and countries, assesses future market potential, and highlights priority regions and countries for segmenting the market into sub-sectors, with country-specific market value data for the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Germany, the U.K., Italy, the Middle East, Africa, and other countries.
The report also presents Structural Adhesives for Automotive sales, revenue, market share, and industry ranking for the main manufacturers for 2021-2026, identifies the major stakeholders in the global market, and analyzes their competitive landscape and market positioning based on recent developments and segmental revenues.
In addition, the report analyzes segment data by type and application—covering sales, revenue, and price—for 2021-2032, and evaluates and forecasts the Structural Adhesives for Automotive market size, projected growth trends, production technologies, key applications, and end-use industries.
Structural Adhesives for Automotive Segment by Company
3M
Dow
Kangda New Materials
Shanghai Huitian New Material
Henkel
Chengdu Guibao Science&Technology
Beijing Comens New Materials
DuPont
BASF
Wacker Chemie
The Chemours Company
Sika
PPG Industries
LORD Corporation
Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
Huntsman
H.B. Fuller
Ashland
Structural Adhesives for Automotive Segment by Type
Acrylic Structural Adhesives
Silicone Structural Adhesives
Epoxy Structural Adhesives
Polyurethane Structural Adhesives
Others
Structural Adhesives for Automotive Segment by Application
Commercial Vehicle
Passenger Car
Structural Adhesives for Automotive Segment by Region
North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries
Study Objectives
1. To analyze and research the global status and future forecast, involving, production, value, consumption, growth rate (CAGR), market share, historical and forecast.
2. To present the key manufacturers, capacity, production, revenue, market share, and Recent Developments.
3. To split the breakdown data by regions, type, manufacturers, and Application.
4. To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints, and risks.
5. To identify significant trends, drivers, influence factors in global and regions.
6. To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market.
Reasons to Buy This Report
1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Structural Adhesives for Automotive market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Structural Adhesives for Automotive and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market.
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally.
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Structural Adhesives for Automotive.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Provides an overview of the Structural Adhesives for Automotive market, including product definition, global market growth prospects, production value, capacity, and average price forecasts (2021-2032).
Chapter 2: Analysis key trends, drivers, challenges, and opportunities within the global Structural Adhesives for Automotive industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Structural Adhesives for Automotive market competition landscape. Including Structural Adhesives for Automotive manufacturers' output value, output and average price from 2021 to 2026, as well as competition analysis indicators such as origin, product type, application, merger and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 5: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product production/output, value, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7: Production/Production Value of Structural Adhesives for Automotive by region. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region in the next six years.
Chapter 8: Consumption of Structural Adhesives for Automotive in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and production of each country in the world.
Chapter 9: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 10: Concluding Insights of the report.
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Scope & coverage.
Types
- Acrylic Structural Adhesives
- Silicone Structural Adhesives
- Epoxy Structural Adhesives
- Polyurethane Structural Adhesives
- Others
Applications
- Commercial Vehicle
- Passenger Car
Companies covered
- 3M
- Dow
- Kangda New Materials
- Shanghai Huitian New Material
- Henkel
- Chengdu Guibao Science&Technology
- Beijing Comens New Materials
- DuPont
- BASF
- Wacker Chemie
- The Chemours Company
- Sika
- PPG Industries
- LORD Corporation
- Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
- Huntsman
- H.B. Fuller
- Ashland
Inside the report.
1 Market Overview
- 1.1 Product Definition
- 1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
- 1.2.1 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.2 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.3 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.4 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Market Average Price (2021-2032)
- 1.3 Assumptions and Limitations
- 1.4 Study Goals and Objectives
2 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Market Dynamics
- 2.1 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Industry Trends
- 2.2 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Industry Drivers
- 2.3 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Industry Opportunities and Challenges
- 2.4 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Industry Restraints
3 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Market by Manufacturers
- 3.1 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.2 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.3 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Average Price by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.4 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Industry Manufacturers Ranking, 2024 VS 2025 VS 2026
- 3.5 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Key Manufacturers Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
- 3.6 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
- 3.7 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Manufacturers Established Date
- 3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
- 3.8.1 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Market CR5 and HHI
- 3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Players Market Share by Production Value in 2025
- 3.8.3 2025 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Market by Type
- 4.1 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Type Introduction
- 4.1.1 Acrylic Structural Adhesives
- 4.1.2 Silicone Structural Adhesives
- 4.1.3 Epoxy Structural Adhesives
- 4.1.4 Polyurethane Structural Adhesives
- 4.1.5 Others
- 4.2 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production by Type
- 4.2.1 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 4.2.2 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.2.3 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.3 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value by Type
- 4.3.1 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 4.3.2 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.3.3 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
5 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Market by Application
- 5.1 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Application Introduction
- 5.1.1 Commercial Vehicle
- 5.1.2 Passenger Car
- 5.2 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production by Application
- 5.2.1 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 5.2.2 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.2.3 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.3 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value by Application
- 5.3.1 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 5.3.2 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.3.3 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
6 Company Profiles
- 6.1 3M
- 6.1.1 3M Company Information
- 6.1.2 3M Business Overview
- 6.1.3 3M Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.1.4 3M Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.1.5 3M Recent Developments
- 6.2 Dow
- 6.2.1 Dow Company Information
- 6.2.2 Dow Business Overview
- 6.2.3 Dow Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.2.4 Dow Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.2.5 Dow Recent Developments
- 6.3 Kangda New Materials
- 6.3.1 Kangda New Materials Company Information
- 6.3.2 Kangda New Materials Business Overview
- 6.3.3 Kangda New Materials Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.3.4 Kangda New Materials Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.3.5 Kangda New Materials Recent Developments
- 6.4 Shanghai Huitian New Material
- 6.4.1 Shanghai Huitian New Material Company Information
- 6.4.2 Shanghai Huitian New Material Business Overview
- 6.4.3 Shanghai Huitian New Material Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.4.4 Shanghai Huitian New Material Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.4.5 Shanghai Huitian New Material Recent Developments
- 6.5 Henkel
- 6.5.1 Henkel Company Information
- 6.5.2 Henkel Business Overview
- 6.5.3 Henkel Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.5.4 Henkel Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.5.5 Henkel Recent Developments
- 6.6 Chengdu Guibao Science&Technology
- 6.6.1 Chengdu Guibao Science&Technology Company Information
- 6.6.2 Chengdu Guibao Science&Technology Business Overview
- 6.6.3 Chengdu Guibao Science&Technology Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.6.4 Chengdu Guibao Science&Technology Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.6.5 Chengdu Guibao Science&Technology Recent Developments
- 6.7 Beijing Comens New Materials
- 6.7.1 Beijing Comens New Materials Company Information
- 6.7.2 Beijing Comens New Materials Business Overview
- 6.7.3 Beijing Comens New Materials Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.7.4 Beijing Comens New Materials Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.7.5 Beijing Comens New Materials Recent Developments
- 6.8 DuPont
- 6.8.1 DuPont Company Information
- 6.8.2 DuPont Business Overview
- 6.8.3 DuPont Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.8.4 DuPont Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.8.5 DuPont Recent Developments
- 6.9 BASF
- 6.9.1 BASF Company Information
- 6.9.2 BASF Business Overview
- 6.9.3 BASF Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.9.4 BASF Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.9.5 BASF Recent Developments
- 6.10 Wacker Chemie
- 6.10.1 Wacker Chemie Company Information
- 6.10.2 Wacker Chemie Business Overview
- 6.10.3 Wacker Chemie Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.10.4 Wacker Chemie Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.10.5 Wacker Chemie Recent Developments
- 6.11 The Chemours Company
- 6.11.1 The Chemours Company Company Information
- 6.11.2 The Chemours Company Business Overview
- 6.11.3 The Chemours Company Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.11.4 The Chemours Company Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.11.5 The Chemours Company Recent Developments
- 6.12 Sika
- 6.12.1 Sika Company Information
- 6.12.2 Sika Business Overview
- 6.12.3 Sika Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.12.4 Sika Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.12.5 Sika Recent Developments
- 6.13 PPG Industries
- 6.13.1 PPG Industries Company Information
- 6.13.2 PPG Industries Business Overview
- 6.13.3 PPG Industries Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.13.4 PPG Industries Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.13.5 PPG Industries Recent Developments
- 6.14 LORD Corporation
- 6.14.1 LORD Corporation Company Information
- 6.14.2 LORD Corporation Business Overview
- 6.14.3 LORD Corporation Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.14.4 LORD Corporation Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.14.5 LORD Corporation Recent Developments
- 6.15 Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
- 6.15.1 Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Company Information
- 6.15.2 Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Business Overview
- 6.15.3 Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.15.4 Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.15.5 Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Recent Developments
- 6.16 Huntsman
- 6.16.1 Huntsman Company Information
- 6.16.2 Huntsman Business Overview
- 6.16.3 Huntsman Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.16.4 Huntsman Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.16.5 Huntsman Recent Developments
- 6.17 H.B. Fuller
- 6.17.1 H.B. Fuller Company Information
- 6.17.2 H.B. Fuller Business Overview
- 6.17.3 H.B. Fuller Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.17.4 H.B. Fuller Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.17.5 H.B. Fuller Recent Developments
- 6.18 Ashland
- 6.18.1 Ashland Company Information
- 6.18.2 Ashland Business Overview
- 6.18.3 Ashland Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.18.4 Ashland Structural Adhesives for Automotive Product Portfolio
- 6.18.5 Ashland Recent Developments
7 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production by Region
- 7.1 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.2 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.2.1 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production by Region (2021-2026)
- 7.2.2 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Forecast by Region (2027-2032)
- 7.3 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.4 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.4.1 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value by Region (2021-2026)
- 7.4.2 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value by Region (2027-2032)
- 7.5 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Market Price Analysis by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.6 Regional Production Value Trends (2021-2032)
- 7.6.1 North America Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.2 Europe Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.3 Asia-Pacific Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.4 South America Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.5 Middle East & Africa Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Value (2021-2032)
8 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption by Region
- 8.1 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.2 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption by Region (2021-2032)
- 8.2.1 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption by Region (2021-2026)
- 8.2.2 Global Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption by Region (2027-2032)
- 8.3 North America
- 8.3.1 North America Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.3.2 North America Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.3.3 U.S.
- 8.3.4 Canada
- 8.3.5 Mexico
- 8.4 Europe
- 8.4.1 Europe Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.4.2 Europe Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.4.3 Germany
- 8.4.4 France
- 8.4.5 U.K.
- 8.4.6 Italy
- 8.4.7 Netherlands
- 8.5 Asia Pacific
- 8.5.1 Asia Pacific Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.5.2 Asia Pacific Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.5.3 China
- 8.5.4 Japan
- 8.5.5 South Korea
- 8.5.6 Southeast Asia
- 8.5.7 India
- 8.5.8 Australia
- 8.6 South America
- 8.6.1 South America Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.6.2 South America Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.6.3 Brazil
- 8.6.4 Argentina
- 8.6.5 Chile
- 8.6.6 Colombia
- 8.7 Middle East & Africa
- 8.7.1 Middle East & Africa Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.7.2 Middle East & Africa Structural Adhesives for Automotive Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.7.3 Egypt
- 8.7.4 South Africa
- 8.7.5 Israel
- 8.7.6 Türkiye
- 8.7.7 GCC Countries
9 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
- 9.1 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Value Chain Analysis
- 9.1.1 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Key Raw Materials
- 9.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
- 9.1.3 Manufacturing Cost Structure
- 9.1.4 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Production Mode & Process
- 9.2 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Sales Channels Analysis
- 9.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
- 9.2.2 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Distributors
- 9.2.3 Structural Adhesives for Automotive Customers
10 Concluding Insights
11 Appendix
- 11.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
- 11.2 Research Methodology
- 11.3 Research Process
- 11.4 Authors List of This Report
- 11.5 Data Source
- 11.5.1 Secondary Sources
- 11.5.2 Primary Sources
- 11.6 Disclaimer
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