PCI doubles capacity in dispersion production at its Augsburg headquarters
Augsburg Economics Officer Dr. Wolfgang Hübschle inaugurates expansion of PCI dispersion plant
18.11.2022
PCI Augsburg GmbH is doubling its dispersion production capacity with a new dispersion plant at the company's headquarters in Augsburg. Dr. Wolfgang Hübschle, Economics Officer of the City of Augsburg, together with the PCI management and the project team, inaugurated the expansion of the plant on November 17, 2022. The plant will run at full capacity from December 2022.
With an investment in the higher single-digit million range, PCI Augsburg GmbH has expanded its dispersion plant at its headquarters in Augsburg. The new plant is now completed after a construction period of less than one year. Production will be running at full capacity from December. The official inauguration took place on November 17, 2022 in the presence of Dr. Wolfgang Hübschle, Economics Officer of the City of Augsburg and member of the City Council.
The company currently produces around 9,000 tons of PCI products (including, for example, the waterproofing product PCI Lastogum or the flooring adhesive THOMSIT UK 840) in the existing dispersion plant. Thanks to the expansion, the total capacity will be doubled to approx. 18,000 tons per year in full-load operation. This will enable PCI Augsburg GmbH to supply its customers even faster and to ensure its delivery promise ("at the customer's premises the next working day") in the long term. Products such as THOMSIT adhesives are produced in the newly built part of the dispersion plant. In total, PCI Augsburg GmbH produces 130,000 tons per year at the Augsburg site.
PCI Augsburg GmbH, founded in 1950, is one of the leading manufacturers of construction chemicals products in Germany with over 1,200 employees and a turnover of almost 350 million euros. With its two brands PCI and THOMSIT, PCI Augsburg GmbH offers holistic system solutions accompanied by comprehensive services. Continuous investments in all three plants in state-of-the-art infrastructure, production and logistics facilities ensure that the company remains fit for the future. The plant at the company's headquarters in Augsburg, which started operations in 1950, now employs around 500 people and mainly produces dry mortar and dispersion products.
In October 2020, PCI Augsburg GmbH had completed its new supply center in Augsburg which increased the loading capacity by over 30%, after only one year of construction. At the same time, the company invested in the production facilities at the Hamm site and built a new pail filling plant that doubled the filling capacity for powder materials in pails.
"PCI Augsburg GmbH is one of our largest employers with around 500 employees in Augsburg. I am pleased about this investment in the future which not only strengthens the PCI site but also Augsburg as a business location and demonstrates its competitiveness. The aspect that is particularly important to me is that the new dispersion plant will produce sustainable, environmentally friendly products that contain natural, renewable raw materials," says Dr. Hübschle.
Frank Rösiger, Technical Managing Director of PCI Augsburg GmbH, explains: "The expansion of the dispersion plant in Augsburg is another building block in our strategy of equipping our company for the future with modern production facilities. On the one hand, to be able to serve our core markets and customers even better, but also to strengthen and secure our Augsburg site."
The company currently produces around 9,000 tons of PCI products (including, for example, the waterproofing product PCI Lastogum or the flooring adhesive THOMSIT UK 840) in the existing dispersion plant. Thanks to the expansion, the total capacity will be doubled to approx. 18,000 tons per year in full-load operation. This will enable PCI Augsburg GmbH to supply its customers even faster and to ensure its delivery promise ("at the customer's premises the next working day") in the long term. Products such as THOMSIT adhesives are produced in the newly built part of the dispersion plant. In total, PCI Augsburg GmbH produces 130,000 tons per year at the Augsburg site.
PCI Augsburg GmbH, founded in 1950, is one of the leading manufacturers of construction chemicals products in Germany with over 1,200 employees and a turnover of almost 350 million euros. With its two brands PCI and THOMSIT, PCI Augsburg GmbH offers holistic system solutions accompanied by comprehensive services. Continuous investments in all three plants in state-of-the-art infrastructure, production and logistics facilities ensure that the company remains fit for the future. The plant at the company's headquarters in Augsburg, which started operations in 1950, now employs around 500 people and mainly produces dry mortar and dispersion products.
In October 2020, PCI Augsburg GmbH had completed its new supply center in Augsburg which increased the loading capacity by over 30%, after only one year of construction. At the same time, the company invested in the production facilities at the Hamm site and built a new pail filling plant that doubled the filling capacity for powder materials in pails.
"PCI Augsburg GmbH is one of our largest employers with around 500 employees in Augsburg. I am pleased about this investment in the future which not only strengthens the PCI site but also Augsburg as a business location and demonstrates its competitiveness. The aspect that is particularly important to me is that the new dispersion plant will produce sustainable, environmentally friendly products that contain natural, renewable raw materials," says Dr. Hübschle.
Frank Rösiger, Technical Managing Director of PCI Augsburg GmbH, explains: "The expansion of the dispersion plant in Augsburg is another building block in our strategy of equipping our company for the future with modern production facilities. On the one hand, to be able to serve our core markets and customers even better, but also to strengthen and secure our Augsburg site."
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