Henkel Adhesive Technologies business unit announced in a press release that it has launched a new production facility for aerospace applications at its site in Montornès, Spain. The company invested about 35 million euros to serve the demand for high-performance solutions in the global aerospace industry such as light weighting, fuel efficiency and automation. During the opening event Henkel welcomed the mayor of Montornès and the German Counsel General as well as customers and presented the state-of-the-art building meeting the highest standards for sustainability.
“Aerospace is a very attractive growth market for us, because the global demand for new passenger aircrafts is expected to double over the next 20 years,” explained Jan-Dirk Auris, Executive Vice President Henkel Adhesive Technologies, in the company press release. “With the new high-tech facility, we significantly expand the capacities for our leading high-impact solutions that are specified on all major aircraft platforms and increase our capabilities to develop next-generation materials for future programs. At the same time, we enlarge our global production and distribution network and enhance the proximity to our strong customer base in Europe.”
Standards for Quality and Sustainability
The new aerospace plant in Montornès is located nearby the existing adhesives production plant for the automotive industry. It features dedicated production, labs, offices and warehouse capacities and spreads out over an area of about 14,000 square meters. Designed as a smart operations site, the facility uses latest Industry 4.0 technology for collaborative engineering and manufacturing execution. In addition to excellent logistical connections it is ideally located to serve several production clusters of the leading aerospace key customers. The new plant will become Henkel’s European hub for the aerospace industry and will increase the capabilities for global customers as well.
According to the company press release, the new plant also meets the highest standards for sustainability. It uses a holistic concept including the use of renewable energies and smart technologies for equipment and infrastructure and will be the first production building in Spain with the golden DGNB certification, according to Henkel. After the ramp-up phase the first customer deliveries of the new facility are planned for Q4 2019.
Further information on Henkel`s solutions for the aerospace industry under: www.henkel.com/spotlight/aerospace
