New Precious Metal Factory in Nanjing, China

Smart factory with lean production

Designed for lean production, the Nanjing factory has combined the advanced technologies and processes as used in several sites in Germany, South Africa and China, as well as digital and automated process technologies to make production highly efficient and optimal. Moreover, the factory also ensures a safe and healthy workplace for all employees.

Significant capacity expansion to fuel industrial upgrading

The factory will increase Heraeus’ recycling capacity of precious metals in China from 700 to 3,000 tons per annum, and quadruples its annual capacity to process innovative materials. Moreover, the factory offers high-value products and services to the traditional and new materials industries such as chemical, automobile, electronics, glass, photovoltaics, pharmaceutical and ceramic decoration, fueling the upgrading of these industries.

Green factory that commits itself to sustainable development

Adhering to strict petrochemical engineering standards, the factory carries out real-time in-line monitoring of wastewater and exhaust gases, and discharge wastewater through dedicated pipes to standards higher than national ones. At the same time, it adopts advanced control method to ensure process stability.

Local service team to offer one-stop solutions

A local service team made up of more than 200 experienced employees provides all-round services covering R&D, production, sales and logistics for Chinese customers from a single source, and responses quickly to their personalized requirements.