Nordson opens technical center in Shanghai

SHANGHAI – Nordson Corporation (Nasdaq: NDSN) opened a new 2,000 square meter (21,500 square foot) technical center in Shanghai to complement its existing sales, service, product development and manufacturing facilities across China. The technical center will provide enhanced engineering, testing, training, service and application expertise to the company’s large and growing customer base throughout China and the greater Asian region.

Nordson's new Shanghai technical center provides engineering, testing, training, service and application expertise, and complements its existing sales, service, product development and manufacturing facilities in Beijing, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Suzhou (Photo: Business Wire)

"We are pleased to launch this new technical center, which adds to the already high level of support Nordson currently provides its customers throughout China and Asia,” said H.J. Sha, vice president, Nordson Asia Pacific. “We continue to see outstanding growth opportunities in China, and we are committed to meeting the needs of our customers better and faster than our competitors.”

Initially, the center will be focused on Nordson’s hot melt adhesive dispensing products and systems for customers in paper-based packaging, nonwovens, electronics, consumer goods and general product assembly end markets. The facility will also support the Nordson EFD brand of precision fluid dispensing products that customers use in a wide variety of electronics, medical and general industrial end markets.

Nordson has operated in China since 1990, and the new technical center is an ideal complement to the company’s long-time sales, service, product development and manufacturing facilities in Beijing, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Suzhou.

“One of Nordson’s largest global manufacturing centers is just minutes away from the new technical center, enabling us to react quickly to the needs of the dynamic Asian market with both full scale production offerings and 'engineered-to-fit' solutions,” added Brad Davis, vice president for Nordson Adhesive Dispensing Systems in Asia. “We are very well positioned from a capabilities perspective to serve existing demand and develop new opportunities. As always, making our customers more successful continues to drive our efforts.”