Actega of Brazil invests in new factory

The company, Brazil's Actega member of ALTANA, Germany, announced that later this year will unify your plants located in Barueri and Guarulhos, in a factory located in Araçariguama, São Paulo, like those. It was not revealed the value of the investment in the new factory, which will be dedicated to the production of varnishes, printing inks, PVC compounds, adhesives and sealants for the packaging industry. Located on the highway Castello Branco, in the kilometer 53, the plant will feature manufacturing area of 12000 square meters, with capacity to 20000. According to Andrei Sotkeviciene, Manager of the company in Brazil, the initiative rests in the packaging sector growth in the country. "We are pleased with the possibility of unifying two complementary operations and, currently, geographically remote areas", says the Executive. "With this Union, we will have the capacity to provide better services to our customers and expand our business in Brazil and in South America." Sotkeviviene also says that "the new plant will follow the high quality standards related to safety and environment, focus of the operations of the Altana". The company has invested in new equipment, from Switzerland and Germany, which already are installed directly in the new plant. For your time, Cláudio Rodrigues, another manager of the company in Brazil, announces that it will be installed high-performance equipment for dispersion and grinding of printing inks, varnishes, UV and water-based, as well as waste collectors and other equipment according to the safety standards of the group, "he says. The gradual change of operations will occur during the first half of 2019, and the company plans to start operations in Araçariguama in August 2019.