Modern, cosmopolitan, and functional – BYK’s
new site in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP).
The 50,000 square meter property has suffi-
cient space for R&D, technical service, logistics,
administration, and not least storage space.
“T HE RISING DRAGON”
The ALTANA Group is investing substantially in Asia’s growth markets. BYK
is not only expanding its site in Tongling, but is also establishing a new
site in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park. With manufacturing, research and
development (R&D), and service right at our customers’ sites, we are
generating added value for our stakeholders.
From small outposts in Asia to one of the main pillars of the
ALTANA
Group, today the Asia region is providing key added value
for our company, accounting for around a third of our total
sales and recording above-average growth rates. The central in-
vestment focus is China with the Tongling site of ALTANA’s
larg-
est division, BYK. In addition, BYK has a new site in Shanghai
Chemical Industry Park (SCIP). The name “The Rising Dragon”
gives an indication of the strategic importance of the SCIP and
Tongling projects. “With the new site at Shanghai Chemical
Industry Park we are extending our leading position in R&D, technical
customer service, manufacturing, and logistics, right at
our customers’ sites in China,” says Kreece Zhang, CFO of BYK
Additives Shanghai.
The strengthening of production and the supply-chain competence
locally, the consistent expansion of the product port-
folio to meet the needs of the local market, the enlargement of
24 Creating Added Value at ALTANA