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Chateau d'Ax opens 1st Chinese leather plant

At the Market— Italian upholstery manufacturer Chateau d'Ax opened its first production facility in China this spring.

"We started shipping in April," said Harry Cierler, director of North American operations for Chateau d'Ax, based in Lentate, Italy.

The two-unit,

150,000-square-foot facility located near Shanghai is already producing 5,000 seats a week. At full capacity, the plant is set to produce, at cost, more than $50 million worth of stationary and motion leather upholstery annually.

"The additional facility will help us to satisfy growing consumer demands for product and increase our ability to be price-competitive," Cierler said.

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