TAGS: Marine / Protective Coatings
Hempel inaugurates its new state-of-the-art production facilities in Zhangjiagang in response to increasing demands for innovative coating solutions. It will substantially enhance capacity to better serve marine, energy and infrastructure customers.
Coatings for Marine, Energy and Infrastructure Sectors
Three years after announcing plans to invest in two new production facilities in China, Hempel brings the Zhangjiagang site online to begin servicing customers in the region.
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Getting Zhangjiagang online is a major step towards better serving our customers in the marine, energy and infrastructure sectors. This new location will significantly improve ‘time to market’ of both products and services – especially at the shipyards along the Yangtze,” said Katarina Lindstroem, chief operating officer and executive vice president, Hempel.
With the majority of the world’s marine newbuild business located in China and over 50% of Chinese shipyards located in a 200km radius around Zhangjiagang, antifouling coatings are in high demand. Shipowners around the world are in constant pursuit of fuel efficiency, which has resulted in an exponential growth in sales of silicone-based, antifouling coatings like Hempel’s Hempaguard.
The Zhangjiagang factory will gradually increase capacity to reach 100 million liters annually in 2025, with the potential to further increase production to meet future demand.
Source: Hempel