Cutting-edge bag sealing technology in Ceresit's factory in Indjija - Henkel announces new investment in the region

(Ceresit's five-kilogram bags)

The factory Henkel Ceresit has recently started using the latest ultrasonic bag sealing technology, which reduces the percentage of spilled and wasted building material to a minimum. In addition to this investment in the state-of-the-arts packaging technology, the factory in Indjija has also invested in the improvement of its charging line and the installation of a packaging machine for five-kilogram bags, thus increasing the total amount of investments in 2011 to EUR 1.3 million.

- At the time of crisis, when companies usually decide to reduce their expenses, we have chosen to invest in new lines. We are the first in Serbia to use the world's latest bag sealing technology. With this new bag sealing system, the percentage of wasted material and the amount of dust produced in the process of their filling and emptying are cut to a minimum. In this way, we've made the transport easier for distributors, retail stores and end-users - Jovan Sarenac, director of the Adhesives division at Henkel, said at today's presentation of the ultrasonic technology in Indjija.

As Sarenac told eKapija, this new technology slows down the bag sealing process by 20%, which is why the company has invested in additional packaging capacities.

Sarenac stressed that Henkel had also launched a new five-kilogram packaging in 2011. As he said, the demand of the Serbian market, that is, end-users, for a smaller packaging was significantly high, which helped them decide to make that investment.

The production capacity of Henkel's factory in Indjija amounts to 125,000 tonnes per year. As people at the factory explained, the staff work in three shifts because there is a plenty of work, and products are exported to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia, and Albania.

- About 30% of products are exported to countries in the region. We expect to increase our exports over the next four years, that is, to export 50% of products made in Indjija. The growth we registered in 2010 and 2011 is double-digit, so that we are satisfied with our operations - Sarenac said for our web portal.

He also pointed out that about 10 workers had been hired in 2011, and announced new jobs for the next year, as well as Henkel's new investments in the region.

- We have already made an investment plan for the next year, which primarily focuses on the capacity boosting. Another packaging line is going to be automated, and we expect Henkel to open some new factories in the region. What is in the pipeline for the next year is an investment in a Henkel Ceresit factory in one of ex-Yugoslavian countries, but I cannot tell you yet where it will be opened. That factory will be run from Belgrade, so that our operations will be expanded to countries in the region.

Henkel Srbija d.o.o. Beograd

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Henkel Ceresit Indjija

Jovan Sarenac

bag sealing

ultrasonic bag sealing technology

charging line

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