KHS now has PET competence center in China
Greater customer proximity and OEM expertise
- Investment in the growth market
- On site for fast clarification process
- Holistic consulting concepts
Dortmund/Hamburg, April 21, 2015 – KHS is investing in one of the biggest PET growth markets in the world and can now enable its Chinese customers to profit locally from its unique Bottles & Shapes™ program with all the design, laboratory and bottle sampling experience of its PET experts from Hamburg, Germany.
"The distances are much shorter, time and costs are saved and we speak the local language: these are very good reasons for us to now also provide 40 years of KHS PET expertise in China, with our own lab and bottle design," states Frank Haesendonckx, head of Technology at KHS Corpoplast.
Leo Zhang and David Gropmann are responsible for Bottles & Shapes™ at KHS in Shanghai. Cutting-edge laboratory technology, a Series IV lab machine and a state-of-the-art bottle design program are now also available in China, practically as a mirror image of the PET competence center in Hamburg. With a wealth of PET expertise gleaned over 40 years in 10,000 assessed bottle projects, the Bottles & Shapes™ experts in China coordinate their work in close consultation with the engineers at KHS Corpoplast in Germany. The result is comprehensive PET bottle consultancy always geared towards the entire line – including the first draft designs for a perfect market launch. "We're proud and happy to now be able to professionally satisfy a key customer requirement with Bottles & Shapes™ here in China," says Geoffrey Chan, managing director of KHS Filling and Packaging Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai. "Different time zones and language barriers are no longer a problem. Our customers greatly appreciate this and we will continue to steadily expand our local presence here. We've already agreed on blow mold manufacturing in China – in accordance with KHS' strict standards and specifications."
"The distances are much shorter, time and costs are saved and we speak the local language: these are very good reasons for us to now also provide 40 years of KHS PET expertise in China, with our own lab and bottle design," states Frank Haesendonckx, head of Technology at KHS Corpoplast.
Leo Zhang and David Gropmann are responsible for Bottles & Shapes™ at KHS in Shanghai. Cutting-edge laboratory technology, a Series IV lab machine and a state-of-the-art bottle design program are now also available in China, practically as a mirror image of the PET competence center in Hamburg. With a wealth of PET expertise gleaned over 40 years in 10,000 assessed bottle projects, the Bottles & Shapes™ experts in China coordinate their work in close consultation with the engineers at KHS Corpoplast in Germany. The result is comprehensive PET bottle consultancy always geared towards the entire line – including the first draft designs for a perfect market launch. "We're proud and happy to now be able to professionally satisfy a key customer requirement with Bottles & Shapes™ here in China," says Geoffrey Chan, managing director of KHS Filling and Packaging Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai. "Different time zones and language barriers are no longer a problem. Our customers greatly appreciate this and we will continue to steadily expand our local presence here. We've already agreed on blow mold manufacturing in China – in accordance with KHS' strict standards and specifications."
About KHS
KHS GmbH is one of the leading manufacturers of filling and packaging systems for the beverage, food and non-food industries. Headquartered in Dortmund, Germany, the company has an international production network with over 4,500 employees worldwide. In 2014 KHS was presented with the Innovation through Research seal. With this the Stifterverband, a nationwide German patron of education and science, honors companies' outstanding commitment to research and development and their particular responsibility to state and society.
KHS GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Salzgitter AG. With around 25,000 employees throughout the globe the German steel and technology group achieved a turnover of over €9 billion in the 2014 business year. Within the Salzgitter Group the KHS Group and two other special machine manufacturers make up the Technology Division and are part of the core business of the MDAX-listed corporation.
