World Largest Adhesives Plant Opens in China

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Rising Demand for Adhesives in the Asia-Pacific Region

Henkel has invested more than 50 million euros in the plant and will employ about 600 people there. With this factory, Henkel – the world’s largest adhesives manufacturer – is responding to the rising demand for industrial adhesive technologies in China and the entire Asia-Pacific region.

China has already advanced to become the largest car market in the world, with a rapidly expanding domestic production base. The country is also one of the major producers of sports equipment and electronic products. In these and many other industries, adhesives are being used more and more as they make the products lighter and enhance their performance while helping to make production processes more sustainable.

Henkel's Model Plant For Sustainable Production

The “Dragon Plant” is a model for sustainability and efficiency. Compared to a traditional production plant, it uses only half the amount of water thanks to condensed water recovery systems, while recycling has reduced the volume of packaging materials by 60 percent, and electricity usage for factory lighting has been cut by 90 percent due to special translucent roofs which let the daylight in. There is also a system for recovering waste heat, and the factory includes innovative filling equipment designed to prevent leaks and spills of adhesives.

As a supplier to many different industries, Henkel already opened its first production facility in China back in 1990, just two years after entering the market. From that first factory Henkel served industrial customers who had begun at this early stage to establish their own manufacturing operations in China. Ever since then, Henkel has continued to produce adhesives in this East Asian country with constantly rising sales.

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