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Expanding the presence in South America: Jowat subsidiaries founded in Colombia and Chile.

Jowat AG is growing worldwide. Jowat Corporation, the subsidiary in the United States of America, has now established four mainstays for its export business in regions of strategic importance since they are located in the expanding South American markets. In Mexico and Brazil, subsidiaries had already been founded in 2000 and 2003, now Colombia and Chile followed.

Detmold. 27th November 2014.- Jowat Corporation is headquartered in High Point in North Carolina and is production site for all of the Americas. Within the Jowat Group, it is already among all production sites of Jowat the largest producer of hot melt adhesives, and a substantial part of this result is owed to the export business to South America.

“We are stringently pursuing our strategy to address the whole American market beyond Canada and the USA via our US-American affiliation. With its currently four South American subsidiaries, Jowat Corporation now has high sales potential in very promising regions with attractive growth markets“, states Klaus Kullmann, Member on the Board of Directors of Jowat AG with responsibilities for Marketing and Sales.

Marco Kubitza, Managing Director for the Jowat subsidiaries in Colombia and Chile, summarizes: “In South America, we are seeing prospering economies with growth rates above international averages, and in consequence an increased demand for innovative industrial adhesives. We have the capacities, the right products, and can supply these markets via our US-American affiliation from its location in North Carolina, without any complicated logistics. The local political and commercial environments in Colombia and Chile are solid and facilitate cooperation“.

In both countries, the market segments in focus are the wood and furniture as well as the paper and packaging industries. The hot melt adhesives from Jowat of the product groups Jowatherm®, Jowat-Toptherm®, and Jowatherm-Reaktant® form the basis for the comprehensive adhesive range which Jowat Corporation can supply to the South American market.