Dubai office to serve Middle East region.
dubai H.B. Fuller has officially opened a new office in Dubai that it claims will broaden options in adhesives and sealants for the region’s manufacturers.
Inaugurated by Patrick Kivits, senior vice-president for Europe, India, Middle East and Africa, the new office will support the company’s growing base of customers in the Middle East.
The new office in Dubai will serve as the base of operations for Harsh Gupta, regional general manager for India, the Middle East and Egypt, who will set up new teams to support the customers in these regions and the company’s growth strategy.
Harsh, a nearly 20-year veteran in the adhesives industry, and his team will be supported by H.B. Fuller’s global network of manufacturing facilities and technical centres, including those in Egypt, India, and Germany.
A leading global manufacturer of industrial adhesives, the company offers solutions for the hygiene, construction, oil and gas, packaging, graphic arts, filtration, and the tapes and labels markets with a focused approach for the Middle East and Egypt regions.
Across the globe, the company serves customers in more than 100 countries across a variety of markets.
“H.B. Fuller is known for offering high-quality, highperforming products with exceptional technical support,” said Gupta. “The way we will create competitive advantage in the Middle East is by being more nimble and targeted than our other large competitors. Compared to some of our smaller competitors, we have global scope and strength to take new consumer product ideas and make a global impact.”
Mohammed KhalifaDasmal, managing director of the Bin Dasmal Group, said H.B. Fuller had “an intimate knowledge of our manufacturers’ needs and market trends” was “deeply committed to the community”.
“I look forward to seeing their new office thrive,” he added. For 130 years, H.B. Fuller has been a leading global adhesives provider focusing on perfecting adhesives, sealants and other specialty chemical products to improve products and lives. The company’s fiscal 2016 net revenue totalled $2.1bn.
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H.B. Fuller: ‘more nimble and targeted’ than its ‘large competitors