Ansell Opens Its Greenfield Manufacturing Plant in India
#Ansell #PersonalProtectiveEquipment #AnsellKovai“We are making a long-term commitment to India through this major investment, ensuring that the most innovative and highest quality surgical gloves are available, ‘Made in India’, to healthcare professionals across this country and for export to the world.” - Neil Salmon, CEO, Ansell
March 2023 : Ansell, a global leader in personal protective equipment, recently marked the first phase of Go Live for Packing & Irradiation Operations at its new Kovai manufacturing facility in India, where they have so far invested US$ 80 Million. Ansell’s top leadership was present for the occasion, including Neil Salmon - Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, John Marsden - Sr. Vice President, Operations, Gerald Koh - VP Engineering & Mfg. Tech, Dilip Savaikar - VP Manufacturing Operations, Anton Fernando - Director Manufacturing Ops, and Gobu Devarajan - Director QARA, along with other Ansell leaders and notable area dignitaries. Over 200 attendees were provided with an update the plant project and a presentation on Ansell's expansion plans in India.
CEO Neil Salmon said, “The Go Live for Phase One of our Ansell Kovai facility marks an important milestone in Ansell’s 130-year history. We are making a long-term commitment to India through this major investment, ensuring that the most innovative and highest quality surgical gloves are available, ‘Made in India’, to healthcare professionals across this country and for export to the world. On my first visit to the site for the Go Live ceremony, I have been very impressed by the great team we are building here with Ansell values evident from day one in the passion of our people, also in the thought and innovation that has gone into the building, which I believe will be a world-class facility. My thanks go to the Tamil Nadu State, our many local partners, and most of all to our engineering and site management team for their excellent work on this project.”
When completed in 2024, Ansell Kovai will occupy a 70,734 square meter area, encompassing 43,000 sq. mt. manufacturing plant, compounding facility, dipping hall, post-processing building, warehouse, packaging facility, administrative block, canteen, biomass hot water generators, and an industrial Gamma irradiator.
Completing this plant will set a new benchmark for Ansell’s sustainable manufacturing. When the site is fully operational, this facility will mark a glove-industry milestone by operating with zero liquid discharge, meaning that all wastewater is fully recycled and reused in production. In addition, all the Kovai buildings are designed according to criteria established by the Indian Green Building Council in 2001 to support India's aim to become a global leader in sustainably built environments by 2025. A ‘sustainably built’ environment is designed for longevity, flexibility, adaptability, re-use and recoverability, and considers future climate risks.
Construction materials for the Kovai plant incorporate low-carbon, low-impact, non-toxic and re-purposed materials. Ansell has made a commitment to shift away from fossil-fuel based energy sources at our plants to renewable energy. As a result, the new plant design minimises water and energy use and maximises renewable energy sources, including sustainably-sourced biomass for thermal energy and solar photovoltaic panels and will emit zero liquid discharge, with up to 80 percent of wastewater recycled as the Company moves toward our goal of one hundred percent renewable energy use at this site.
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