September 2013

Extract from Dossier “Dragon Plant”

Profile Dragon Plant

World’s largest adhesives factory in China
The new factory, which has been dubbed the “Dragon Plant” at Henkel, comprises 150,000 square meters of space and is now the central production site for industrial adhesives in China and the Asia-Pacific region. Customers being served by the new adhesives plant include enterprises in the automotive industry and various consumer goods sectors. Annual output is forecast to reach up to 428,000 metric tons of adhesives. Henkel has invested around 50 million euros in the plant and will employ about 600 people there. 
With the new factory Henkel expands its production capacities and the new state-of-the-art adhesives facility will enable Henkel cope with the rapidly growing demand in China and the Asia-Pacific region for its industry leading adhesives. Henkel will be concentrating its existing adhesives production operations in Greater Shanghai at the new site in the “Shanghai Chemical Industry Park” and thus significantly expanding its capacities for current and future technologies. This move is part of the company’s ongoing program to consolidate and optimize its global production network.
Sustainability in 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.

Contact:

Wulf Klüppelholz		Holger Elfes
Corporate Media Relations		Business Unit and Brand PR/
Headquarters, Düsseldorf/Germany		Adhesive Technologies I 
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