Jowat SE with headquarters in Detmold is one of the leading suppliers of industrial adhesives. These are mainly used in woodworking and furniture manufacture, in the paper and packaging industry, for graphic arts, in the textile, automotive as well as in the electrical industry.

The company was founded in 1919 and has manufacturing sites in Germany in Detmold and Elsteraue, plus three other producing subsidiaries, Jowat Corporation in the USA, Jowat Swiss AG and the Jowat Manufacturing in Malaysia.

The supplier of all adhesive groups is manufacturing 100,000 tonnes of adhesives per year, with 1,300 employees.

A global sales structure with 23 Jowat sales organisations plus partner companies is guaranteeing local service with close customer contact.