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 UHU glue and the box | |
| Formerly | Fischer's company |
|---|---|
| Company type | GmbH |
| Industry | Materials |
| Founded | 1932; 93 years ago (1932) in Germany |
| Founder | August Fischer |
| Headquarters | Germany  |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Adhesives |
| Revenue | $134.51 million[1] (2020) |
Number of employees | 450[2] (2021) |
| Parent | Bolton Group |
| Website | www |
UHUGmbH & Co. KG is a German manufacturer ofadhesive products, based inBühl,Germany. Its companyslogan is"glues anything, anytime.".[3] The company logo is yellow with black lettering and in many markets it includes theGerman phrase: "Der Alleskleber" (the "everything-glue").[citation needed]
The products are now sold in over 125 countries around the world.[4]
In 1905, August Fischer, a dispensingchemist, purchased a small chemical plant aiming to manufactureinks,rubber stamp pads,paints and adhesives. In 1932, Fischer developed a clear syntheticresin adhesive which displayed the ability to affix almost any material. Following the custom of the time to name products in the writing goods sector after birds, Fischer named the glue UHU (pronounced in German as[ˈuːhu], with/ˈjuːhuː/ in being common in many English-speaking countries) afterUhu, theonomatopoeic German name for theeagle-owl, a bird which at the time could still be found in theBlack Forest. There is an account of glue being used by British prisoners of war in Germany duringWW2, and this is referred to by them as 'Uhu'. Another version of the origin of the company's name is that it supplied the glue in kits for a model airplane named "UHU" (Owl). This model design was built by German youngsters for an annual contest named "Der Kleine Uhu" (the small owl) that began around 1950. The contest was very popular, and the glue became a popular item with German hobbyists, so the name stuck.
In 1971, Fischer's company, renamed UHU after its leading product, wastaken over by theBeecham Group of England (which subsequently became a part ofGlaxoSmithKline), but regained independence for a few years after amanagement buyout in 1989. In 1994, UHU became a totally ownedsubsidiary of theBolton Group, an Italian manufacturer of branded consumer goods.[5]
The company has achieved one world record inGermany, in October 2007. A Ford pickup truck weighing about four tonnes was suspended from a crane with the help of UHU glue. Two steel parts 7 centimetres (2.8 in) in diameter were glued together with an UHU derivative and were used to connect car and crane hook.[6]
This record was subsequently beaten in March 2009 by the German firmHenkel, who lifted a similar Ford truck, this time with aSmart microcar in the back, giving a total weight of 5.02 tonnes.[7][8]
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