New production plant to start up at the beginning of 2006Selters / Düsseldorf. Schütz, the world market leader for IBCs is stepping up its activities on Asia’s markets. Together with DSL, its Australian partner, Schütz plans to open a new production site in Malaysia at the beginning of 2006, the company announced at the international trade fair Interpack in Düsseldorf. This signals the company’s targeted extension of its successful cooperation with Australia’s biggest reconditioning company.
DSL has become an important production and logistics partner for Schütz and advanced to the position of market leader for industrial packaging in Australia thanks to their cooperation. Three branches “down under” supply IBCs not only to the Australian continent, but also, up to now, to the markets of South-east Asia. The return of the IBCs under the Schütz Ticket Service and their subsequent reconditioning is also taken care of by DSL.
The new production site should soon be meeting the fast-growing demand for transport containers in South-east Asia, especially on the major markets of Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. 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.”
The strategically situated production site in Nilai, on the country’s most important North-South traffic axis, covers 20,000m². An option has also been secured on another site of the same size. Building work is currently in full swing so that the plant can be commissioned according to schedule. The factory’s 50 employees will not only produce IBCs here in the future, but also organise the Schütz Ticket Service, which will be introduced throughout South-east Asia when production begins. The site will also have a reconditioning plant featuring the very latest in technological advances.
“With our activities in Malaysia, we demonstrate far greater proximity to the markets in South-east Asia and, above all, to our customers, who we are currently still serving from Melbourne,” says Mr Johnston, stressing an important strategic aspect. “In this respect, we are confident of being able to capitalise on market potential in the short to medium term far better than we could in the past, not least with regard to production capacities and logistical advantages,” the DSL boss explains.
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