H.B. Fuller Opens Shanghai Technical Center

St. Paul, MN, Feb. 16, 2009--H.B. Fuller Company, a manufacturer and marketer of adhesives, sealants and specialty chemical products, has opened a regional technical center in Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, China to promote in-market research and development and applications testing.

The new lab, part of Fuller's five-year strategic plan, would house research and development, applications testing, sales and regional leadership.

The technical center is expected to help H.B. Fuller focus on next-generation adhesive applications; promote product development and localization of initiatives in a variety of key market segments, ranging from insulating glass, packaging and nonwovens and fiberglass sizing and binding, to footwear and textiles, lean flooring and reverse-osmosis filtration.