Clariant's business unit functional minerals supplies customers worldwide with speciality products based on bentonite. Following the continuing success of its Tonsil bleaching earth, it initiated a global capacity expansion plan. In addition to the site in Indonesia, extra production capacity comes on stream in Turkey in April 2017 also while already realised in Mexico in April 2016.
Clariant's newly opened site is located in the Java Integrated Industrial & Port Estate (JIIPE), the first fully integrated industrial estate established in Indonesia. Through its deep-sea port, proximity to Juanda International Airport and other logistical connections, the JIIPE enables efficient local and international deliveries.
"We firmly believe that the future of Clariant will be decided in Asia and this investment further strengthens our position there. The new site in Gresik will be a key regional manufacturing hub from where we can better serve the emerging markets in the Asia-Pacific Region and benefit from their good growth perspectives," said Christian Kohlpaintner, Clariant's executive committee member at the opening event.
"We invested in capacity expansion in order to support market development and growth by our customers. This new site increases our regional production capacity for bleaching earth by 35 percent, allows us to offer a broader range of Tonsil bleaching earth based on different customer requirements and has dedicated laboratory facilities to deliver faster technical support to customers in the Asia-Pacific region," added Sven Schultheis, head of business unit functional minerals.
"Our new site's excellent infrastructure facilities makes it possible to provide more added value to customers through shorter lead times. The first-rate silo truck loading stations can handle over 10 trucks per day, allowing us to fulfil the increased requirements of the market for bulk deliveries," said Gustavo Rodriguez, head of region SEAP BU functional minerals.
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