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Jowat Opens Modern Adhesive Center in China

Detmold, March 14, 2024—Setting sail in the world’s biggest adhesive market: Jowat inaugurates a new manufacturing location in China, underscoring its firm commitment to close customer contact around the globe and expanding its innovation capacities.

Located in Zhejiang province, around 70 kilometers from Shanghai, the new facility of the adhesive manufacturer from Detmold is set to produce approximately 9,000 tonnes of tailor-made adhesives annually for the Asian market starting from the second quarter of 2024.

With a focus on water-based dispersion adhesives as well as on innovative solutions specially adapted to the consumer electronics market, the new facility spanning over 11,000 square meters provides not only robust production and storage capabilities but also a state-of-the-art research and development center. “Over 80 percent of the highly demanded electronic accessories are currently manufactured in China. Due to the geographical proximity to this very attractive growth market, we can now offer our customers innovative Jowat adhesives locally, with rapid development cycles and optimum availability,” says a delighted Dr. Ralf Schelbach, vice president for Asia Pacific at Jowat SE.

With the launch of the new adhesive center, now the second manufacturing location in Asia, Jowat SE is not only extending its presence in the Asia-Pacific market. It also strengthens another strategic cornerstone in its dynamic research and development landscape, reaffirming the enterprise’s position as an innovation leader in the industry.