Henkel recently announced it has inaugurated what is reportedly the world’s largest adhesives factory in Shanghai. With this new production facility, the company is expanding its production capacity in a major emerging market and intends to deliver its adhesive technologies more quickly to the growing number of customers based in China and the Asia region. The new factory, known as the “Dragon Plant” at Henkel, comprises 150,000 sq m of space, and is now the central production site for industrial adhesives in China and the Asia-Pacific region.
“This new adhesives factory will contribute significantly to the achievement of our strategy 2016: It will enable our Adhesives business to expand and leverage its global reach, and win market share in emerging markets,” said Kasper Rorsted, chairman of the Management Board of Henkel Group.