13 February 2015
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DETAILS
SGL Kümpers GmbH & Co. KG
continues to benefit from
the rapidly increasing demand for composites
from the automotive industry.
To meet this demand the joint venture,
founded in 2007 by
SGL Group – The Carbon Company and Kümpers GmbH,
has relocated from its development site
in Rheine-Gellendorf to a new production facility
in the Rheine-Nord industrial park
in Salzbergen-Holsterfeld in Westphalia.
In addition to the existing fabric and braiding machines,
this new production facility – situated close to Münster –
is equipped with
a wide range of customized, highly automated production lines.
Continuous production up to seven days a week
is planned at the new location,
with full production capacity expected
in the second half of 2015.
The facility in Rheine will be used primarily
for the production of
carbon-fiber preforms (semifinished products)
for the automotive and aviation industry.
Another highly innovative product is
a glass-fiber fabric,
which is already used in automotive series production
in the form of leaf springs for the Volvo XC 90 as well as
in the commercial vehicle sector.
Rheine is also home to the SGL Kümpers development department,
which plans and develops innovative technologies
for series production in vehicle construction.
Key rationale for the decision to relocate to this site
included not only the state-of-the-art premises
but also, and above all, the excellent logistics links.
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