International energy group has opened a huge integrated lubricants and grease production facility in Tuas, Singapore. Products are supposed to be shipped to 40 countries in Asia.
At 10 hectares, the site size is equivalent to almost 25 football pitches. It is Shell’s 3rd largest [ds_preview]lubricants plant in the world and 2nd largest in Asia-Pacific, capable of producing up to 430 million litres of lubricants and greases every year, Shell announced.
Speaking at the opening, Huibert Vigeveno, Shell Global Commercial, Executive Vice President (including Shell Lubricants) said: »This state-of-the-art, highly automated facility in Singapore was built to support our business ambitions here in the APAC region. It serves as a strategic production hub, and will be the centrepiece of our lubricants supply chain network to reliably supply our world-class lubricants to millions of customers in the region. Asia represents over 40% of the world’s lubricants demand, and is home to half of the world’s largest lubricants markets.«
This facility will also further strengthen our marine lubricant business’s presence here in Singapore, the world’s second busiest port.
Huibert Vigeveno
Lim Kok Kiang, Assistant Managing Director of the Singapore Economic Development Board, commented, »We are heartened by Shell’s commitment to improving productivity through the adoption of innovative technologies, which is aligned with the strategies of the Energy & Chemicals Industry Transformation Map.
With a 50% increase in capacity and six-fold improvement in productivity over its previous plant, the new plant will be yet another great showcase of an Advanced Manufacturing facility that provides Singaporeans with good jobs.«
The new plant will be a production hub for products that will be shipped to more than 40 countries, mainly in the Asia-Pacific region. It will produce lubricants carrying Shell’s brands, such as Helix (passenger car motor oil), Rimula (heavy duty engine oil), Tellus (hydraulic oil), Alexia (two-stroke marine engine oil) and Gadus (greases).
