Interroll to build bigger factory in Suzhou

Source：FoodPacific Manufacturing Journa Release Date：2020-03-19 466

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With a new facility in Suzhou, China, Interroll will be able to expand its production capacity in preparation for growth in the Asia Pacific market for material handling solutions.  

In 2022, Interroll (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. plans to shut down its factory in Suzhou, and open a new one in the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) development zone, about 12 km southwest of the existing location. The company, a global provider of material handling solutions to F&B companies such as Coca-Cola and Nestle, is investing CNY 181 million (CHF 25 million) in this expansion project as it eyes growth in the Asia Pacific region.

Interroll's new facility in Suzhou to operate by 2022

Interroll's new manufacturing facility with about 22,000sqm of floor space will expand Interroll’s production capacity and strengthen its readiness for future growth in the Asia Pacific.

Asia —especially in China, the ASEAN, Korea, and Australia—show a good demand for Interroll products and provide significant potential for growth in the long term. Moreover, an increase in the base of installed material handling systems is expected to provide additional service opportunities within the region. In 2019, about half of the output of Interroll Suzhou was delivered to destinations outside of the People’s Republic of China, with large-scale projects for the Korean e-commerce sector, as an example. Production at the new factory is scheduled to start in early 2022.

“We are preparing for running a state-of-the-art location with improved capacities and new production processes here, which also puts emphasis on the needs of customers and employees,” says Ben Xia, Executive Vice President Asia Pacific of the Interroll Group. “The concept for our new factory includes a training center as well as showrooms and testing facilities.”

Automation and digitalisation
Production processes will cover the full range of the product portfolio. On top of that, the Suzhou facility will also become a Regional Center of Excellence for Techno-polymers and Subsystems.
“We will seize a number of opportunities for increased productivity by implementing more automated and semi-automated processes when we start the new production,” says Xia. “The new plant will also enable us to shorten delivery times for our customers in the region.”

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