25.07.2014 • News

Wacker Inaugurates New Indian Logistics Facility

Germany's Wacker Chemie has opened a new logistics facility at its production site in Amtala, near Kolkata, India. Operated by Wacker Metroark Chemicals. (WMC), a joint venture with Kolkata based Metroark, this will complement an existing network of warehouses strategically located in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata.

At the opening ceremony, Christian Hartel, president of Wacker's silicones division, said the new facility, which cost more than €1 million to build, will help maximize flexibilty of logistics, increase delivery speed, and minimize lead times for customers as well as strengthening growth opportunities in India.

The facility's SAP warehouse management module is said to ensure improved insight into the inventory and storage locations. Scanners will keep track of various transactions in the warehouse, and inventory information will be available to the operators in real time via a computer interface.

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