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Press felts dedicated to the Asian markets
With its extended facility dedicated to press felt products in Suzhou, Heimbach will be able to reinforce its partnerships with customers in China and elsewhere in Asia. PPL reports
producers, Heimbach has a long and successful relationship with the paper industry. Recognising quickly the need
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to provide high quality sales and service support to the growing and demanding Asian market, a locally-based company was set up by Heimbach in 2003, and since 2006 its has produced high-end forming fabrics and dryer screens in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, at the heart of Asia’s growth. The company recently announced an extension of the Suzhou plant to add press felts to the product portfolio, and the first felts have now been shipped to customers. The first felts have been installed and performed well. Spiral dryer screens will also
s a leading supplier of paper machine clothing (PMC) to European and Asian paper
be added to the manufacturing capability. “We are both excited and proud
to also be able to produce our top- class Atromaxx press felts for our customers here in China and the greater Asia-Pacific market,” said Jan Walter, general manager of Heimbach Fabrics (Suzhou) Co Ltd. Peter Michels, operations chief
at the Heimbach Group, added: “The dedication and experience of our entire Suzhou team has certainly paved the way to enabling local production of felts, in addition to forming and dryer fabrics, for the Asia-Pacific region from the Suzhou plant. The technology transfer process from our German and Swiss sites worked out extremely well.” Heimbach’s Suzhou plant is
located in the Yangtze River paper making region, which is the largest of its type in the world. With its
Official inauguration of Heimbach’s new press felt plant
new press felt facility, Heimbach will be able to further reinforce its partnerships with customers in China and the rest of Asia, providing state-of-the-art paper machine clothing products to all sections of the largest machines in the world.
Alongside the grand opening
ceremony, Heimbach held a sales conference and celebration
together with the local employees and Asian sales teams.
Heimbach Fabrics (Suzhou) Co Ltd: Major expansion January/February 2018
Complete scope of PMC supply With the addition of two new product groups to existing production capacity, the Suzhou plant will now take its place among the most complete PMC production sites worldwide, says Heimbach: Quality standards are set at the highest level; Heimbach group best practice, process and quality standards are strictly applied; All key machinery elements, as well as raw materials, are imported from overseas, while European PMC experts are permanently on site working hand-in-hand with a dedicated and skilled local workforce to ensure that the highest quality standards are met. Application experts and product managers are now also based on site, so that market demands can be closely monitored and the product portfolio continually
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