New production sites in Shanghai, Malaysia and the Netherlands Selters / Düsseldorf. As a logical consequence of its corporate philosophy of following markets and customers as a means to assuring a secure future, Schütz continues on the course of international expansion it has pursued in recent years. As the Westerwald-based company announced at Interpack in Düsseldorf, the production plant to be opened in Shanghai this April will be its twentieth production plant worldwide. The Chinese plant will provide 50 people with employment. In 2006, new production sites will go into operation in Malaysia and the Netherlands.
With its huge population of some 17 million, Shanghai is one of the most significant centres of economic growth in China. It is also an ideal location from which to supply China and other target markets in Asia with transport containers (IBCs) and drums. The factory is going up in the already internationally renowned Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP), probably one of the most up-to-date economic and trade centres of its kind in the world. A number of major companies have already relocated there.
Schütz COO Roland Straßburger talks of top market opportunities and growth prospects for the entire product range. “We will continue to develop our reputation as the leading supplier of industrial packaging in China through the sales team we already have established here. Our ecological packaging will also be an important contribution towards providing innovative transport solutions conforming to the latest standards. The unbroken willingness to invest of our global customers in China, and especially in the Shanghai region, will potentially already generate significant demand in the short to medium term. The new plant prepares us well for this. “With its state-of-the-art technological and production processes as well as the implementation of the Schütz Ticket Service, the company plans to recommend itself to its customers in the region as their preferred supplier of the quality they have come to expect of Schütz.
Shanghai therefore represents an important, logistical addition to the Schütz operations in Japan and Australia, which also supply industrial packaging to sections of the Asian markets.
The situation is just the same for the future production site in Malaysia, which is destined to open at the beginning of 2006. The company’s successful Australian cooperation with DSL is to be continued here, with a special focus on the market for drums and IBCs in South-east Asia. The biggest reconditioning company “down under” has meanwhile also advanced to the position of continental market leader for industrial packaging. In DSL boss Steve Johnston’s words, “The decision to go ahead with a joint venture in Malaysia was a logical one – both with regard to our outstanding cooperation in Australia over many years and, particularly, to the tremendous rise in demand for products from our South-east Asian target markets.”
Finally, Schütz is planning to develop a new production site in the Netherlands that will serve the Benelux target market. Alongside a high-performance IBC and drum production plant, the world’s most up-to-the-minute reconditioning unit will also be built on the site between Rotterdam and Antwerp.
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