Adhesives manufacturer Jowat is opening a new production facility in China. At the new site in Zhejiang province, around 70 km from Shanghai, the Detmold-based company plans to produce 9,000 tonnes of adhesives for the Asian market every year from the second quarter of 2024.

In addition to water-based dispersion adhesives, a particular focus will be on new adhesive solutions specially tailored to the consumer electronics sector. For this reason, the new plant not only has high-performance production and storage capacities on more than 11,000 m², but also a state-of-the-art research and development centre. “Over 80% of the electronic accessories that are so popular today are currently produced in China,” explains Dr. Ralf Schelbach, Vice President Asia Pacific at Jowat.