Coperion Keya opens new Nanjing facility

2 February 2006

The opening ceremony for the new Coperion Keya production facility, with more than 24,000 m2 of production area, over 400 employees, and a projected annual output of upwards of 600 machines, was held in Nanjing, China, recently. According to Coperion, this is a significant strategic step that will pave the way to growth markets, for the companies’ compounding systems, bulk materials handling plants, and components, as well as Global Service.

The new plant in Nanjing is one of the largest and most modern within the Coperion Group, and also offers optimum prospects for further consolidating and continuously expanding the worldwide success of the Standard Twin-Screw Extruders (STS) produced there. The foundation for this collaboration in the growth market of China was laid in 2003 with a sales cooperation agreement between Coperion and Keya. All business activities and all Keya employees were then integrated into the newly formed subsidiary Coperion Keya in 2004. The development of Coperion Keya and its management team led by Guangzhi Liu (chief executive officer) and Ulrich Bartel (Business Unit and Sales Manager) is shown by the fact that the new facility is designed for an annual output of 600 machines.