German industrial packaging specialist Mauser (Brühl; www.mausergroup.com) has invested EUR 15m in a new site in Jiangyin / China, aimed at meeting rising regional demand for its product portfolio. The plant will produce intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), 210-litre L-Ring and open top drums as well as 210-litre steel drums. Mauser said the facility was the only one in China that produces both PE and steel drums as well as IBCs.

The unit will be headed by SBU manager Asia Pacific Christian Schaedlich, the successor of Hans-Peter Schaefer, who became Mauser group CEO in February – see Plasteurope.com of 21.02.2012. The Jiangyin facility is the latest in a string of global investments by the German group, which since late 2011 has upped its activities in the US, The Netherlands, Turkey, Brazil, Poland and Germany, among others.