Adhesives manufacturer H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL), St. Paul, MN, will open a new office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The office will support the company’s growth strategy in emerging markets and the increasing demand for adhesives in the Middle East.

“The way we will create competitive advantage in the Middle East is by being more nimble and targeted than our other large competitors,” said Harsh Gupta, H. B. Fuller’s regional general manager for India, the Middle East and Egypt. “Compared to some of our smaller competitors, we have global scope and strength to take new consumer product ideas and make a global impact.”