Thanh Hoa, Vietnam – Henkel has opened a second application centre in Vietnam. The new centre, in Thanh Hoa in the north of the country, is designed to expand the company’s support for sports and fashion brands in Asia-Pacific and Greater China.
The 500m2 centre includes a lab, application room, customer experience room and focus rooms for collaboration. Automation facilities including auto spray applicators and polyurethane jet sprays are available to help improve process efficiency.
The centre has a focus on enhancing expertise in bonding techniques, reducing manufacturing time, and technical training. It will also use digital innovation, and serve as a hub for process design and engineering.
The company’s first Vietnamese centre is in Bien Hoa, close to Ho Chi Minh City in the country’s south, about 1400km away. “Our expansion from the south to the north of Vietnam with a second application centre enhances our proximity with customers, and reinforces our commitment as a strategic long-term partner to providing innovative solutions and robust support,” said Corbett Wallace, corporate VP of consumer goods at Henkel.
