KHS China to build new plant and service centre in Kunshan

KHS plans to build a new plant and service centre in Kunshan, China to enable the enabling the company to respond more quickly to the local market, it said. As one of the leading global manufacturers of filling and packaging systems, KHS has been serving the Chinese beverage industry since 1904. In 2008, KHS entered the China market with its first representative office in Beijing, following the opening of its headquarters in Shanghai in 2014.

Strategic partnership for a lasting win-win situation
With a total investment of around EUR10million, the new 10.000 sq m factory is expected to make engineering, production, logistics and service more efficient. Furthermore, the broad-scale plant will also help KHS expand its business within Asia as a whole.

“Kunshan is an attractive city for the beverage industry with skilled workers, well-developed infrastructure and widespread logistics networks for this kind of project,” said Martin Resch, KHS’s CFO. “We are now able to produce a larger product portfolio including single blow moulders, fillers, and labellers as well as in various block versions, increasing the expertise in handling entire line projects,” claimed Resch. “With our product range, KHS maintains its position as one of the global market leadersand a pioneer of filling and packaging technology.”

Innovative German technology, efficient local manufacturing
Thomas Karell, managing Director at KHS Corpoplast, said, “Our goal is to improve the production efficiency of our customers throughout the entire life cycle of their engineering, providing state-of-the-art technology and services.”

Sustainable economic benefits, greater social influence
Based on more than 150 years of experience and a constant focus on core expertise, KHS is able to help customers achieve long-term social and ecological responsibility goals. KHS China CEO Willian Wuhas bright prospects for the Kunshan plant and KHS China:“KHS China now assumes technological and environmental leadership with solid and innovative German technology for optimum products and solutions,” Wu stressed.

(PRA)

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