Apricus has just secured 23330m2 of land, only minutes from the current factory location, in Nanjing Pukou New & High Tech Development Zone. Design of the first phase of the new factory is already underway with construction set to start in early Oct. The inital phase will consist of offices, canteen, dormitory for workers, and about 5000-7000m2 of factory space. This will allow for a production volume of up to 30,000 collectors (30tube) per annuam.
Roof space will be used for a large scale solar collector installation with the heat provided used for hot water production, space heating for the offices and factory, and absorption chiller cooling in the summer.
The land provides the ability to expand with 2nd and 3rd contruction phases to provide up to 22000m2 of factory space, enough for a production output of more than 100,000 collectors per annum (>400,000m2 gross collector area).
