코츠(Koch) 멤브레인 시스템(KMS)은 최근 다수의 멤브레인 제품이 개발·제조되고 있는 미국 윌밍턴에 위치한 본사에서 자사의 PURON 제품 제조 집중화 계획을 발표했다. 이번 통합은 윌밍턴에서 KMS의 기존 생산용량을 눈에 띄게 확장시킬 것으로 기대된다.

한편, KMS는 자사의 자회사인 코츠 멤브레인 시스템 GmbH와 노동조합이 독일 아한(Aachen) 제조시설을 폐쇄하는 사안에 대해 논의를 시작했다고 밝혔다.

 

 

 

Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. (KMS), a specialist in water treatment and industrial water filtration systems, recently announced the centralization of its PURON® product manufacturing at the company's headquarters in Wilmington, Mass., where it develops and manufactures its many membrane products.

 

The consolidation will result in significant expansion of KMS's existing production capacity in Wilmington. As an outgrowth of this consolidation effort, KMS has announced the start of a consultation process between its subsidiary, Koch Membrane Systems GmbH, and its Works Council on a proposal to close its Aachen manufacturing site.

 

Because KMS already manufactures some of its PURON product in Wilmington and is in the process of expanding its capacity there, there will be no impact on its ability to meet current and future orders if the Aachen manufacturing facility is closed at the conclusion of the consultation process.

 

"The demand for these products is growing at double-digit rates," said Mark Farrell, Vice President of Global Membrane Manufacturing and Systems Engineering. "Our Wilmington campus was the natural location to add the capacity we needed. We own the campus and have an excellent relationship with the Town of Wilmington, where we have been located for almost 40 years."

 

He continued, "We have increased capacity at the Aachen factory in the past, but the size and layout limitations of the facility we lease there do not lend themselves to further expansion or to the implementation of additional lean manufacturing practices. Ultimately, it simply makes more sense to invest in a property we own as opposed to one we rent."

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 9월 23일]