To meet rising regional demand for plastic edgings and profiles, Surteco Asia – a member of Surteco (Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen / Germany; www.surteco.com) subsidiary Döllken-Kunststoffverarbeitung (Gladbeck / Germany; www.doellken-kv.de) – in May moved its production facility from Bintan / Indonesia to neighbouring Batam island.

The new site, located near Singapore, will ensure fast delivery times and sufficient production capacities, Surteco Asia said, although the group did not specify the plant’s exact output volume. The group did say that the new facility was set up with Japanese and Korean standard in mind. From Batam, Surteco Asia exports to 17 countries in the region, with a specific focus on printing and surface matching skills. Surteco said the new plant affords sufficient space to allow it to expand production output in the future.

Surteco’s Plastics business and lead company Döllken raised revenues by 4% to EUR 62.9m last year, with the edgings business alone accounting for EUR 36.5m. During the move from Bintan to Batam, sales of Surteco Asia dropped by 30% to EUR 2.8m. Surteco said it expects to make up for this decrease now that the relocation has been completed.