{"id":18698,"date":"2025-07-31T12:07:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/?p=18698"},"modified":"2025-07-31T12:07:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:07:44","slug":"power-adhesives-appoints-ross-cunningham-as-chief-executive-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/power-adhesives-appoints-ross-cunningham-as-chief-executive-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Adhesives Appoints Ross Cunningham as Chief Executive Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power Adhesives, the global leader in hot melt adhesive technology, has announced the appointment of<strong> Ross Cunningham<\/strong> as its new Chief Executive Officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ross joins the company at an exciting time, as Power Adhesives is set for its next phase of strategic growth across the European and North American markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ross brings extensive leadership experience from a range of global manufacturing and engineering sectors, having previously led market-leading companies in fluid power, engineered sealing solutions, carbide tooling, and abrasives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to meeting our valued distribution partners to gain insight of both current and emerging market needs, and to understand how Power Adhesives can support our partners in achieving future success,\u201d said Ross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPower Adhesives has a proud heritage of excellent service and a strong reputation for innovation, both of which are woven into the DNA of the business\u2019 long-serving team. I look forward to building on this legacy to further develop our capabilities in line with customer expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in the UK, Power Adhesives is a specialist manufacturer with a well-established international presence. Over the last 3 years of Longacre ownership, Power Adhesives has made significant investments in sales, marketing and product development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024 and remains firmly committed to innovation. Its most recent breakthrough\u2014the world\u2019s first fully certified, biodegradable hot melt adhesive\u2014has attracted significant global interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is strong demand for our biodegradable product range,\u201d Ross added. \u201cI\u2019m eager to work with our distribution network to bring this more sustainable adhesive solution to key customers around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ross takes over from previous CEO <strong>Brendan Colgan<\/strong> who, after taking the company forward in a range of key markets, will continue to be a shareholder and board member at Power Adhesives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power Adhesives, the global leader in hot melt adhesive technology, has announced the appointment of Ross Cunningham as its new Chief Executive Officer. Ross joins the company at an exciting time, as Power Adhesives is set for its next phase of strategic growth across the European and North American markets. Ross brings extensive leadership experience<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[1092],"class_list":{"0":"post-18698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corrugated-folding-carton","8":"tag-power-adhesives"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18700,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18698\/revisions\/18700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}