14 July 2013
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The Dragon Plant factory in Shanghai, China,
* will be the largest stat-of-the-art adhesives factory
in the World when it opens this September and
* will become one of Henkel's main
manufacturing bases in Asia-Pacific region.
The Dragon Plant will consolidate the former plants
into one multi-technology site. The synergies leveraged
will enable Henkel to expand its capacities and respond to
rapidly increasing demand, especially in emerging markets.
The Dragon project achieved an important milestone on March 31:
The first test batch of hotmelt adhesives was successfully produced.
The factory saves energy to an air compressor in the utility building
that retains heat and uses it to warm up the water used in the plant,
for example.
Recycling wastewater also supports reduced water consumption
while induction lighting in administrative and workshop areas
and solar powered site lighting help decrease energy requirements.
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