HB Fuller to build new plant in Egypt
Adhesive manufacturer H.B. Fuller has announced plans to build a new facility in Cairo to support customers’ increased demand in the fast-growing markets of Egypt, Turkey, Middle East and Africa.
The new factory is intended to become a regional supply hub for adhesives serving the hygiene, packaging, labelling, paper converting and graphic arts, among other industries.
Full production in the last quarter of 2022
With a gross area of 37,000 m2 in a two-story building, the planned site will be built at the well-equipped CPC Industrial Park, in the 6th of October industrial city in Cairo, which is considered a strategic location for manufacturing, and will commence full production in the last quarter of 2022.
H.B. Fuller has had a presence in Egypt since 2008. Recently, the company also has strengthened its adhesive business in Africa, with an expansion in South Africa serving many of over the 30 market segments of the company’s portfolio. Across the globe, the company works with customers in more than 100 countries.
