Altana inaugurates new site in Brazil
Specialty chemicals group Altana, has inaugurated a new site for its Actega division in Brazil to merge administration, production and R&D activities from other two old offices in Guarulhos and Barueri into the new location.
The company invested around EUR 2 million (2.2 million USD) in 12,000 sqm site in the city of Araçariguama in the Brazilian state of São Paulo in order to consolidate two older locations into new modern location.
‘South America is a very high-growth region for the packaging sector. With our investment in the new Brazilian site in the heart of the South American continent, we want to further promote and expand Actega's development for the benefit of our employees and customers’, says Thorsten Kröller, president of Actega division.
In a further step, the company’s third Brazilian location in Santana de Parnaíba will also be transferred to the new integrated location by 2021 in order to be able to manage business in the South American market from a central location in the future in an even more targeted and customer-focused manner.
In the medium term, the new location will combine the technology and application center with 180 employees from 21 departments on a total area of 12,000 square meters. A new state of the art 500 square meter research laboratory is also integrated. New location will also house new high-performance dispersion units for printing ink production and corresponding equipment for the production of water-based and UV coatings.
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