John Crane is making significant investments in its Tianjin, China, manufacturing and customer service centre to continue strengthening customer support capabilities. Investments have been made in manufacturing equipment, service centre machines, customer and employee training facilities, and a new research and development (R&D) technology centre to meet the growing demand from energy services customers in China.
The latest investments are part of the company’s strategy to continue building infrastructure to support local customer demand across Asia and other targeted high-growth markets. Among the investments are new advanced machines in the service centre to expand aftermarket capabilities. Four new product lines have been added to the manufacturing operations. A new training centre to support customised training for customers and employees is also being planned along with a new global R&D technology centre to bring new technologies and local engineering expertise to the Chinese market.
In addition, the company is increasing gas seal capabilities at the Tianjin, China facility to give the local market access to gas seal engineering expertise, and manufacturing, service and repair capabilities.