Solutia begins design of Saflex manufacturing line at Ghent, Belgium
02 Nov '06
3 min read
The new manufacturing line is being designed for construction within the current boundaries of the Saflex Ghent plant, leveraging existing infrastructure and the plant's 40-plus years of experience in manufacturing Saflex products. In addition, the new line is being designed to employ the latest technology, enabling the production process to be highly automated.
"Our customers recognize the Ghent plant as a proven supplier of the world's premier PVB interlayers," added Duquet, "and this expansion will enable us to very efficiently take that tradition of quality to an even greater scale."
The Saflex Ghent plant employs 300 people and began operation in 1961. The plant maintains ISO 14001 registration for its environmental management systems, OSHAS 18001 registration for its occupational safety and health management systems, as well as several registrations for its quality management systems, including QS 9000, ISO 9001 and TS 16949.
Saflex manufactures PVB interlayers at Ghent, Belgium; Puebla, Mexico; San Jose Dos Campos, Brazil; Springfield, USA; and Trenton, USA. It also operates a PVB finishing and distribution center in Singapore, and is constructing a new Saflex PVB interlayer plant scheduled to begin production in Suzhou, China, in mid 2007.
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