Technotrans and KLH launch joint operations in China

The communique said, "Technotrans has maintained its own manufacturing location in China since 1997, and builds mainly dampening solution circulators for the local market there." 

By relocating its operations to KLH, combined capacity utilisation will be optimised, there will be greater flexibility to adjust to short-term fluctuations in demand, and the lower structural costs will provide a lasting boost to competitiveness.

KLH has been producing cooling systems for the Asian market, used mainly in the laser industry, since 2009 through its subsidiary Taicang KLH Cooling Systems in Jiangsu Province (PR China).

The Taicang location, some 50 km north-west of Shanghai, is the focus of Sino-German joint ventures. The city with a population of 450,000 is in the Yangtze delta – one of China’s most important machine tool engineering regions.The well-developed infrastructure and the ready availability of specialists are attracting international investors to what is a relatively small city in Chinese terms. To date, around 1,000 foreign companies from over 20 countries have invested in ventures in Taicang. One of the largest groups is German industry, including the wall plugs manufacturer Fischer, the saw manufacturer Stihl and mechanical engineering company Trumpf. Economic growth has been an annual 50 % since 1996.

Technotrans’ customers in this important market will continue to be looked after by the sales and service team in Beijing, which will shortly be moving into new offices. “This manufacturing partnership is an important milestone in the process of jointly tapping this important growth market,” remarked Henry Brickenkamp, a spokesperson of the Board of Management of Technotrans AG.

In July, the Technotrans in India hosted the Indian Green Printer award in Chennai for the second time.

The award honours a commitment to greener practices in the Indian print community. Where the green ideas are by no means limited to the printing process itself, but can also be implemented elsewhere in and around the printing plant. Some applicants were pinching their solar powered plants, others were showing their commitment by reforestation to the Technotrans jurors who were awarding a "Green Printer Quotient" (GPQ) to each applicant.

This year's award went to The Times of India, Chennai. Sekar S, the plant manager, received the trophy and price money on behalf of his company. The Hindu was also awarded the Technotrans Platinum Customer award as a special recognition being a loyal customer to Technotrans.

Matthew S T Sunil, the general manager with Technotrans India said: "The applications hiked by an incredible 200% compared to the 1st year. We can really see that Technotrans’ commitment to a greener environment established us as the go-to-guy in the Indian printing community when it comes to those kind of technologies."