H.B. Fuller makes changes at the top.(As We Go To Press)

H.B. Fuller announced that Steven Kenny will join the company as senior vice president, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and India, on Oct. 5, 2009, and Stephen Ringsdore will join the company as vice president of Western Europe, on Sept. 1, 2009. Kenny will also serve as a member of H.B. Fuller's executive committee.

Kenny, 48, has built an extensive career in the adhesives industry, having spent 25 years with National Starch and Chemical. Before leaving that company in 2008, he served as corporate vice president and general manager for National Starch's Adhesives Division, Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

Ringsdore, 51, has 26 years of adhesive industry experience, including 25 with National Starch and Chemical. Since 2007, he has served as managing director, Industrial Adhesives, China, where he has overseen operations in China and Taiwan.

Jan Muller, H.B. Fuller's vice president of EMEA since 2006, has left the company to pursue other opportunities.

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