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Ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the new warehouse at Sumitomo /SHI) Demag location, Schwaig; from left to right Dr. Thorsten Th?men, Shoichi Ohira, Gerd Liebig, Robert Josephus, Martin Fischer. (Photo credit: Sumitomo)

Groundbreaking Ceremony

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag modernises production logistics and training centre

1:17 min Markets and Management
Schwaig, Germany

Since 2016, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery has invested almost EUR 20 million in modernising facilities and equipment at its two German sites in Schwaig and Wiehe. On 29 June 2020, a groundbreaking ceremony was held to mark the next project phase within the growth strategy of the Japanese-German injection moulding machinery manufacturer: the construction of a new lightweight warehouse with 1,600 m2 of floor space in Schwaig.

"The optimisation of our internal logistics is the logical consequence of the capacity expansion and modernisation of production. We can further increase production efficiency and throughput times and achieve faster delivery times," says CEO Gerd Liebig.

The new hall location enables a direct material flow from goods receipt and the dispatch loading zone to production. Future plant expansions have also been accounted for in the planning of the building. Notably, the new hall houses the central collection point for production waste in order to make sorting, disposal and recycling even more efficient.

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