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LESER Hohenwestedt Production expansion from a bird's eye view (to enlarge, please click on the picture)

The Factory of Safety Valves - LESER invests in production expansion! 

LESER is expanding its production building in Hohenwestedt, the world’s largest for safety valves of its kind. "We are pleased about the project start and LESERs further growth at the site in Hohenwestedt," says project manager Holger Timm. After the last expansion in 2018, LESER is continuously growing even during the global crises, which makes this construction project necessary. The entire project extends until 2032, and LESER intends to use the construction project to further expand its market position as a global supplier of safety valves.

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Preparations for the first construction phase are already in full swing (to enlarge, please click on the picture)

The first expansion step will begin with the construction of a new production hall.

With the expansion, production will grow by around 14,300 m², which will correspond to a future total area of 38,300 m². The focus will be on new technologies and lean material flow in order to cope with the constantly growing customer business in the long term. Thus, as part of the production expansion, investments will be made not only in the building structure but also in new operating equipment in order to control production processes even more efficiently in the future. For example, there will be a long-goods store directly linked to the sawmill, and chip disposal will also be technically optimized.

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The production expansion is planned in 3 steps (to enlarge, please click on the picture)

Further construction phases will follow by 2032.

The currently oldest building section, the so-called "middle aisle," will be torn down and a new, larger production hall will be built on the same site.  Furthermore, a logistics campus is to be built, where all supporting logistics processes will take place in the immediate vicinity of the plant. By expanding the plant, LESER will increase its production capacities and be able to meet the customers' requirements even better and faster.

 

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