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Follow on Google News | Freudenberg opens new production facility in ChennaiEagleBurgmann KE underlines its market leader position in India
By: Freudenberg Group The grand opening ceremony of the production plant center was hosted by Yasunari Unemura, Board Member of EagleBurgmann Group, Jürgen Peschla, CEO of EagleBurgmann Expansion Joint Solutions, and the General Manager of EagleBurgmann KE, Tapas Biswas. “The Chennai plant is of high strategic priority for us. We invested INR 40 million in 2013 and will invest another INR 30 million on various machineries,” With a total space of almost 6,500 square meters, thereof 450 square meters for administration, the new production site in Chennai, India, was brought on line now. The plant has been conceptualized, constructed and commissioned only by employees of EagleBurgmann KE without hiring any external consultant. In this way the production flow as well as the infrastructure could be arranged most efficiently. To this day, 152 associates work on the new site. The product portfolio includes both standard as well as customized fabric and metal expansion joints.Customer- Due to the larger plant, the fabric production capacity has doubled. The facility also includes now in-house manufacturing operations of steel fabrication, shot blasting and painting. This way, EagelBurgmann KE strives to strengthen both high-quality standards and the control on quality aspects. “Our aim is to deliver one-shot expansion joint solutions right from design to dispatch under one roof. Therewith, we optimize our processes in production, logistics and administration” Expansion Joints are vital components in most industrial plants, for example cement or steel plants as well as refineries. They are installed as flexible connections in air and flue gas pipe and duct systems to take up or compensate for thermal expansion, vibration and misalignments. Today, advancements in processing and generating technologies are combined with high demands for efficiency. This, along with a clear orientation towards environmental protection, puts high demands on expansion joints design.EagleBurgmann KE in India offers a “concept-to- About Freudenberg in India Freudenberg has held business ties with companies in India for more than 90 years. The Group employs over 3,500 associates at 30 locations. Freudenberg in India recorded sales of Rs.1,114 crores in 2012. For further information please go to www.freudenberg.in About EagleBurgmann KE EagleBurgmann KE Private Limited is a company of the Freudenberg Group and a wholly owned subsidiary of EagleBurgmann Expansion Joint Solutions. EagleBurgmann KE started its production in India in 1987.EagleBurgmann KE Private Limited is engaged in design, manufacturing, supply and site services of non-metallic expansion joints / fabric compensators which are used in various high temperature ducting systems to accommodate thermal expansion within a pressure range of +/– 2000 MMWC. The head office and the factory are located at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Today EagleBurgmann KE Private Limited employs 156 associates in India. About the Freudenberg Group The Freudenberg Group is a family company offering its customers technically challenging product solutions and services. The Group develops and manufactures seals, vibration control components, filters, nonwovens, products for surface treatment, release agents and specialty lubricants, medical and mechatronic products. And especially for mid-size companies Freudenberg develops software solutions and IT services. The end-user can find modern Freudenberg household products in the shops under the brand names of vileda®, O-Cedar®, Wettex®, Gala® and SWASH®. The Freudenberg Group employed 37,453 people in 57 countries and generated sales of more than €6.3 billion in 2012. For further information, please go to www.freudenberg.com. ____________________________________________________________ Media enquiry: Chidananda BA, PRHUB, Sr. Account Executive,08970935708 chidananda@prhub.com End
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