H.B. Fuller Company announced that it will create a global center of excellence in application development for the window and solar industries at the company’s headquarters in St. Paul, Minn.

Application development for these industries will be centralized and joined with global product development, which the company says will substantially accelerate innovation timelines. This improvement will allow H.B. Fuller to deliver solutions to customers at an even faster pace, the company adds.

The company says that the center is supported by teams of locally placed product and industry specialists around the world.

“H.B. Fuller’s adhesive business was built upon a strong foundation of innovation. Creating a global center of excellence for window and solar markets will facilitate the delivery of innovative and value-added products to market at a fast pace,” says Bill Magee, H.B. Fuller global director of strategy and marketing.