BESIGHEIM, Germany - HEINKEL Drying and Separation Group, Besigheim, Germany, opened a new office and assembly hall on Nov. 15, 2017 in Foshan, near Guangzhou, China. The new facility strengthens the company's presence and competitiveness in the Asian market.

More than 150 guests, including representatives of the consulates, authorities and institutions, as well as many customers, participated in the official opening of the new building in the Zhangcha Town industrial park. The management team of the HEINKEL Group, with its BOLZ-SUMMIX, COMBER, JONGIA and HEINKEL brands, inaugurated the building on Nov. 15 2017. The facility is a new milestone for the expansion of the group's Asian business with its existing offices in Wuxi, near Shanghai, as well as Singapore and Mumbai.

For the Chinese market, the HEINKEL Group will assemble its centrifuges, dryers, filter dryers, agitators and mixers locally in Foshan. The actual production, design and engineering will continue to be in Europe.

The HEINKEL Drying and Separation Group offers an extensive product portfolio in centrifuges, dryers, agitated nutsche filters, filter-dryers, mixers, agitators and system components for the pharmaceutical, fine chemical, chemical, cosmetic and food industries.