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Electrolux Professional (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
29/12/2563Electrolux Professional (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
WHA RIL Prove to Be the Right Choice for Electrolux Professional’s New Manufacturing Facility
Achieving Listing on the Nasdaq and Swedish Stock exchange in March 2020 as a spin-off from AB Electrolux, Electrolux Professional is a newly established global provider of food service, beverage and laundry solutions for professional customers, such as hotels, restaurants, bars and cafés, laundries and hospitals. Headquartered in Stockholm, the company employs 3,500 people in 60 countries, upholds a commercial presence in nearly 150 markets and represents a global turnover of over USD 1 billion. It comprises 12 manufacturing plants in 7 countries, including Thailand, where the company’s factory opened in 2005 at WHA Rayong Industrial Land (WHA RIL), specializing in the manufacturing of Industrial specification small Washers and Driers.
Electrolux Professional (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is now undergoing a dynamic transition period, as it gets ready to move from its current plant to a new one, just a few blocks away at WHA RIL. The new facility will integrate the operations of the Thai subsidiary of Crathco, a US beverage specialist acquired by AB Electrolux in 2017.
With a new BOI hi-tech license, “One Rayong Plant (ORP),” as referred to internally, is now in its final construction stages on a 41.5-rai land purchased from WHA Industrial Development.
Expected to be operational by April 2021, with a workforce of about 300 people under the able leadership of UK-born Managing Director Chris Dineen, the new facility will manufacture beverage and laundry products. It will also host a R&D department to provide innovations more rapidly and better answer customers’ needs. The plant’s production will be fully exported to Electrolux Professional’s key markets in the USA and Europe, as well as APAC countries, which are expected to become the fastest growing markets.
The new world-class plant will feature state-of-the-art innovations in terms of technology, safety and environmental sustainability. It will be equipped with advanced ventilation systems, its own water retention systems and solar rooftops designed by WHAUP. “With over 300 people involved in the construction and installation, we can proudly say that we achieved over 300 days or one million man hours without any accident”, explained Chris Dineen, who considers his workforce’s safety as one of his top priorities.
“2020 has been a challenging year for us, on different levels. In addition to the Covid-19 pandemic that affected our business operations, we had to transition progressively from the current factory, and simultaneously build the new one. The WHA team has assisted us from Day 1 and continues to accompany us on this journey,” added Chris Dineen. “We are confident that our new plant will be completed as scheduled, so we can start operations and deliver our high-quality products to our customers”, he concluded with both enthusiasm and confidence.
Contact Information:
Mr. Chris Dineen
Managing Director
Electrolux Professional (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Tel. +66 38 627 999, Ext. 200
www.electroluxprofessional.com
Remarks: The article was written for WHA Group Newsletter December 2020 Vol. 49