Sumitomo (SHI) Demag to Double Injection Molding Machine Production in China
The company broke ground on a new 43,000-ft2 production hall in Ningbo to fulfill rising demand for larger presses up to 1500 tons.
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Sumitomo (SHI) Demag China hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at its Ningbo site, marking the beginning of construction for its new 43,000-ft2 production hall. In addition to local government representatives from the Beilun district, CEO Pietro Scattarreggia was on hand to mark the expansion, which will create 50 new jobs and double production capacity. He noted that this investment will “drastically reduce delivery times for customers in China and Asia.”
The new facility is set to open this fall, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of production in China. The company said this expansion not only gives it more space to manufacture more machines, but it will also allow it to expand production to include the larger tonnage hybrid Systec Servo machines. To date, production has been limited to machines with clamp forces up to 1000 tons.
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag China also installed a new solar system measuring 75,000 ft2 last September, which allows the facility to operate virtually independent of local energy supply. The company notes that’s important due to power rationing.
The global development and production network of Sumitomo Heavy Industries and Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is comprised of four facilities in Japan, Germany and China with more than 3100 employees building all-electric, hydraulic and hybrid injection molding machines, with an estimated 159,000 installed machines.
In Japan, the company manufactures machines with clamping forces in the small to medium range, while Sumitomo (SHI) Demag’s German facilities in Schwaig and Wiehe produce the Systec Servo range with hybrid drives as well as the El-Exis SP and Systec SP range of high-speed, high-performance machines. The all-electric IntElect range for international customers is also being produced in Germany.
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag set up its first production site in Ningbo in 1998. In 2015, the Chinese subsidiary Demag Plastics Machinery (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. built a new facility with a 140,000-ft2 floor space. It is earmarked for the production of the Systec C range with clamping forces of between 56 and 1100 tons for the Asian market.
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag broke ground on an expansion of its machine-building site in Ningbo, China in January.
Photo Credit: Sumitomo (SHI) Demag
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