H.B. Fuller Company, St. Paul, MN, manufacturer and marketer of adhesives, sealants, paints and other specialty chemical products, reported sales for the third quarter ended Aug. 29, 2009, were $315.3 million, down 12.9% from the prior year third quarter. Profit increased 6.3% to $35.4 million. Sequentially, sales increased 5% over the second quarter 2009.
Year-to-date, sales were $893.1 million, down 14.2% from the prior year period. Profit declined 3.6% to $59.1 million.
Weak end-market demand continued throughout the third quarter, but the year-over-year decline in volume in the third quarter – down 12.4% – was less than the year-over-year decline in the second quarter of 15.1%.