Henkel commissions new production line in Scheemda

Henkel has commissioned a new production line at its Scheemda facility in the Netherlands, the company’s most important European site for the manufacture of die lubricants/release agents and specialty surface coatings.
Thanks to innovative technology employed in grinding the graphite feedstock, the plant is now able to manufacture high-performance lubricants for the automotive and electronics industries with higher quality and bigger capacity. As a result, the production process has been optimized in terms of flexibility and stability, as well as delivering tangible sustainability improvements.
Henkel’s investment in Scheemda reaffirms its leading role in the metal processing lubricants market and in driving the on-going effort to improve associated manufacturing systems. The advanced technology incorporated within the new production line increases the plant’s overall manufacturing capacity, enabling it to better serve growing market demand for its products.
From Scheemda, Henkel supplies the European and international automotive markets with lubricants used in the hot and warm die forging process of parts of all shapes and sizes. “With the new production line, we are able to offer an innovative manufacturing process that also secures the long-term supply of high-performance lubricants. Thanks to this ultra-advanced plant, we have improved process control — and thus stability — in production, while ensuring that our customers receive a reliable product of the highest quality,’ explains Simon Cabeza, product line manager automotive cleaners and lubricants at Henkel.
(July 12, 2013)