Tesa SE

{{Short description|German company}}

{{Distinguish|text=Tesa SA, a Swiss company manufacturing precision measurement products}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Expand German|Tesa|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox company

| name = tesa SE

| logo = TESA-Logo.svg

| image = Tesa, Hugo-Kirchberg-Straße, Norderstedt (1).jpg

| image_caption = tesa headquarters in Norderstedt

| type = Societas Europaea

| industry = Chemical industry

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2001}}

| hq_location_city = Norderstedt

| hq_location_country = {{nowrap|Germany}}

| area_served = Worldwide{{Cite web |title=tesa SE |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/7684359Z:GR |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bloomberg Markets}}

| key_people = * Norman Goldberg (CEO)

• Jörg Diesfeld (CFO){{Cite web |title=About tesa tape |url=https://www.tesa.com/en-us/about-tesa |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.tesa.com |language=en-US}}

| products = Adhesives

| revenue = €1,498,800,000{{Cite web |title=Menschen, Zahlen & Fakten |url=https://www.tesa.com/de-de/ueber-uns/fakten-zahlen-menschen |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.tesa.com |language=de}}

| revenue_year = 2021

| net_income =

| members =

| num_employees = 4827

| num_employees_year = 2021

| parent = Beiersdorf AG

| homepage = {{URL|www.tesa.com}}

}}

Tesa SE is a German company manufacturing adhesive products. Founded in 2001, the company was previously a division of Beiersdorf, remaining a subsidiary thereof after becoming an independent company.{{Cite web |title=The History of tesa tape |url=https://www.tesa.com/en-us/about-tesa/facts-figures/history |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.tesa.com |language=en-US}} In Germany, the brand name has become synonymous with adhesive tape,{{Cite web |last=Gode |first=Solveig |date=2022-01-20 |title=Haribo, Tesla, Tchibo: Warum diese 8 bekannten Marken so heißen |url=https://www.businessinsider.de/wirtschaft/handel/haribo-tesla-tchibo-trigema-bifi-warum-diese-bekannten-marken-so-heissen-s/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Business Insider |language=de-DE}}{{Cite news |last=Kotowski |first=Timo |date=2015-02-25 |title=Mattel greift Lego an: Krieg der Steine |language=de |work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/mattel-greift-lego-an-der-krieg-der-steine-13448014.html |access-date=2022-11-03 |issn=0174-4909}} and is listed in the Duden dictionary as such.{{Cite book |title=Duden |date=2000 |publisher=Bibliographisches Institut |isbn=3-411-04012-2 |edition=22 |volume=1 |location=Mannheim |pages=961 |language=de}}

In addition to its consumer adhesive tapes, glue sticks, sticky notes and other products such as Sugru, the company also supplies adhesives to other industries. Clients include Apple and Samsung, for whom Tesa supplies adhesives to build smartphones and tablet computers, as well as the car industry, where the company provides adhesives for a wide range of applications like windows, sensors and displays.{{Cite news |date=2015-03-19 |title=Andere Produkte zählen: Der Tesafilm ist für Tesa nicht mehr wichtig |language=de |work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/tesa-gewinn-mit-smartphones-weniger-mit-tesafilm-13493777.html |access-date=2022-11-03 |issn=0174-4909}}{{Cite news |last=Müßgens |first=Christian |date=2018-03-23 |title=Klebstoff für Handtuchhalter: Tesa will das Bohren ersparen |language=de |work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/tesa-moechte-mit-neuen-produkten-das-badezimmer-erobern-15507965.html |access-date=2022-11-03 |issn=0174-4909}}