Ohio-based Nordson Corporation specializes in designing, manufacturing, and globally distributing products and systems that dispense, apply, and control adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, and other fluids. The company operates through three distinct segments, including Industrial Precision Solutions (IPS), Medical and Fluid Solutions, and Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS). IPS is responsible for creating dispensing, coating, and laminating systems that are used in various industries, such as packaged goods, thermoplastics, and roll goods manufacturing. The Medical and Fluid Solutions segment provides medical devices, plastic components, and dispensers. Finally, the ATS segment offers automated dispensing systems used for attaching, protecting, and coating fluids, as well as related gas plasma treatment systems and bond testing and inspection systems for semiconductor and printed circuit board industries. Nordson markets its products through its in-house sales force, as well as through distributors and sales representatives. The company was founded in 1909 and continues to be headquartered in Westlake, Ohio.