Hodgson Sealants - Manufacturer of high quality premium sealants

Visitors to the Hodgson Sealants stand (S59) at this year’s FIT Show will be able to see some of the company’s market-leading range of sealants specially formulated and manufactured for the glazing industry for both fabricators and installers. As well as exciting new colours for its Silfix® U8 and the ever-popular Silfix® LMN, we will […]

Production Operatives We are looking to hire individuals that can work on their own initiative or in a team. If you have transferable manufacturing skills then why not come and join the journey of success. We are hiring Production operatives You will be flexible in your approach to work any of the following work patterns: […]

Multi Skilled Engineer – Electrical or Mechanical bias considered. You will be contracted to work 38.5 hours per week plus any O/T required Your alternating work pattern will be Monday to Thursday 5am to 2pm 1.45pm to 10.45pm Every second Friday you will be required to work 6am to 1pm Duties will include the following: […]

What? Despite its name, Hodgson’s Heritage Putty is a modern and widely proven cartridge-based alternative to putty that is based on our own HY-SPEC hybrid technology. It is available in white and black and is widely specified across the UK in the glazing industry. It is supplied ready-to-gun with no specialist equipment required, apart from […]

Refrigerated and specialised vehicle bodybuilding expert Paneltex has begun using Hodgson Sealants innovative new HY-SPEC hybrid sealant, HS50, for sealing and bonding tasks in its vehicle building processes. HS50 offers unparalleled wet grab properties so it can seal and bond quickly to make Paneltex’s production processes quicker, cleaner, and more accurate, significantly reducing the number […]

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers for your custom and support over the last year. It has been another challenging year for us all and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future, but we would like to wish you and your families an enjoyable festive break. […]

We are pleased to announce the upcoming launch of a new neutral cure, alcoxy, solvent-free sanitary sealant, Silfix U7N. The new low-odour, neutral cure version of the Silfix favourite offers a user-friendly sealant that is perfect for use in confined spaces without compromising on performance, appearance or gunability. Silfix U7N offers excellent adhesion to most […]

Hodgson Sealants has released the latest addition to its innovative new HY-SPEC range, HS50. A combination of quick grab, excellent tooling properties, and retained flexibility makes HS50 the perfect sealant for sealing and bonding joints in many fast-paced production settings. Hodgson HS50 is neutral cure, high modulus, solvent free adhesive based on Hodgson’s HY-SPEC technology. […]

The Hodgson family has recently sponsored the revival of a century-old family tradition with Yorkshire’s oldest inland golf club’s Challenge Cup Competition.  The contest at The Beverley and East Riding Golf Club, which was held on 13th August, saw the revival of a competition that started in 1893 but lapsed in the 1970s.  The Hodgson […]

The UK industrial and building supply chain is suffering from some very big challenges right now. Many products are on allocation, lead times are getting longer across the board, and supply and transportation issues are pushing up prices.   Which makes now the right time to look for, try, and use alternatives for many common […]

At the heart of the Hodgson Sealants business, the safety and wellbeing of our team is paramount. In testing times for any manufacturing business, Hodgson has announced that it has successfully transitioned its own in-house occupational health and safety management systems to ISO 45001 certification.   ISO 45001:2018 is the international standard, signifying a company […]

Like every manufacturing business in the UK, around the world, the last twelve months have been, to say the least testing. Literally every aspect of how we do business has been scrutinised, challenged, and, in a lot of cases, changed. After more than fifty years in business as a family-owned firm, March 2020 was the […]

EJ Cocker, the well-established heritage window company based in Essex has been using Hodgson Sealants’ Heritage Putty for many years for glazing timber sash windows on historic, conservation and heritage projects across the UK.  In its latest project, EJ Cocker is using Heritage Putty to produce sash windows – many of them very large with […]

Vehicle convertors use a lot of sealants and adhesives in their operations. That makes perfect sense. But not enough of them are enjoying the benefits of using hybrid sealants in their production processes and they could be missing a trick. First of all, what is a hybrid? Well, as the name suggests it’s a new-generation […]

Hodgson Sealants Group is the largest independent sealants manufacturer in the UK, with over 50 years knowledge in the industry supplying across the construction, transportation and leisure industries. We are now looking for an experienced formulation chemist to join our Technical Department in our Beverley business to drive innovation and support our ambitious business growth. […]

Fire doors, like all fire safety systems are, if you’ll pardon the pun, a hot topic at the moment. We see, use and rely on fire doors almost every day of our lives and yet so much confusion and misunderstanding about what constitutes a fire door still prevails, even among those that should know better. […]

Cladding seems to be one of the most commonly searched construction phrases on google right now and there’s a lot of misinformation about cladding and curtain walling across the internet. So now seems the right time to address the issues around weather-proofing curtain walling. First of all, what is curtain walling? Curtain wall systems are […]

We will be closing for Christmas from 17.00 on Tuesday 22nd December 2020 and we will reopen on Monday 4th January 2021.  Our last date for shipping online orders will be Monday 21st December 2020, so orders can still be placed up until Sunday 20th December 2020. We would like to thank all our customers […]

When the team at the Oxford English Dictionary looked back on 2020, they decided that the year had been too momentous to just have one Word Of The Year like every other year. It needed a whole list of words because these are Unprecedented Times (although ironically ‘unprecedented’ didn’t make the list). Of course most […]

DOES THE PANDEMIC SPELL THE END OF TRADITIONAL SILICONE SANITARY SEALANTS? The COVID pandemic has touched every part of our lives – who would have thought six months ago that a mask would be essential wear? Or that hugs would be at such a premium? And the same can be said of businesses too. Here […]

How to choose the right Glazing Sealant for your job! A glazing sealant is a sealant used in the process of glazing. Glazing which derives from the Middle English for ‘glass’ is a part of a wall or window, made of glass. There are a wide variety of products that can be used to suit […]

We’re open and accepting your orders When the UK Government issued its Covid-19 response restrictions in March, we had to take the decision to temporarily close Hodgson Sealants for business. Naturally, this was an incredibly tough decision to make. Yet it was the only right one for us to ensure our staff, customers and everyone […]

Chloe Reason, a University of Hull student studying Multi-Disciplinary Design has completed 6 weeks of work experience as part of her ‘Design Enterprise and Entrepreneurship’ unit. As part of this work experience Chloe has worked alongside the marketing department using her design skills to put together some visuals which can be used in marketing material […]

There are many reasons why customers choose to work with Hodgson Sealants, take a look at our latest video to see the top 10. Started by Peter Hodgson in 1968, the company has been a proud UK manufacturer of sealants and adhesives for over 50 years. Hodgson Sealants brand has become a well known and […]

The benefits of one of the new additions to our hybrid sealants portfolio are being demonstrated in our latest video. HY-SPEC® 25 is perfect for the interior and exterior perimeter sealing of windows and doors. It is a highly-elastic hybrid sealant, ideal for use when movement occurs between differing materials, from aluminium and timber to […]

Christmas Offers We have some special Christmas offers on where you can enjoy 10% off selected products until Wednesday 18th December 2019.   Foamfix PU Foam Foamfix is a single component, moisture cure, polyurethane construction foam suitable for use on a wide range of sealing and gap-filling applications. Excellent adhesion to a wide variety of […]

The Hodgson Sealants team were busy baking up some treats for the Macmillan Coffee Morning event held on the 26th September. Lots of staff got involved by baking (and eating!) lots of wonderful cakes, biscuits, brownies, pastries, cupcakes and much more, all to support the amazing Macmillan charity. The Macmillan Coffee morning is a charity […]

Firestrip 30 has again excelled, amassing an impressive 47 minutes in their latest BS EN 1363-1:2012 test for a 30-minute fire rating. The company is again backing Fire Door Safety Week with their range of products for the fire protection market for sealants and tapes including Firestrip 30. This intumescent strip sealant is also covered under […]

Hodgson Sealants are proud to be supporting Fire Door Safety Week (FDSW) 2019. The aim of which is to highlight the importance of fire doors in the event of a fire. FDSW, ran by the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) will be taking place this year between 23rd Sep – 29th Sep with a focus of […]

On the back of their widely used and trusted white heritage putty, Hodgson Sealants have just launched an additional black variant in response to customer demand and as a glazing solution for the steel window segment. The heritage putty from Hodgson Sealants provides the visual appearance of a traditional putty, yet benefits from the fact […]

Proud sponsors of Glazing Summit 2019. The one-day conference is being held on Thursday, September 12 at Edgbaston Stadium and Conference Centre, Birmingham. It will be packed with industry insight, advice and discussion on the biggest issues that matter. Hodgson Sealants partnered with the Glazing Summit for the inaugural event last year and Managing Director […]