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A joint venture in China between LeRoy-based Lapp Insulators LLC and Dalian Insulator Co. Ltd. is expected to expand Lapp's reach into the Chinese market and help ease local capacity issues.
The deal with Dalian Insulator, a manufacturer in the People's Republic of China with roughly 1,400 employees, created Dalian Lapp Insulator Co. Ltd. The new firm, announced last week, manufactures porcelain substation insulators.
The company will be housed in a facility recently constructed next to Dalian Insulator's existing operations in Dalian, China,
The new company employs 180 workers. Yan Zhiling, deputy general manager for Dalian Insulator, will be general manager.
At full capacity, the 100,000-square-foot factory will have a total output of 3,000 tons of product per year, totaling some $10 million in sales.
Matthew Bailey, Lapp vice president of sales and marketing, said the venture took roughly three and a half years to put together. Previously, Lapp had been a...