AkzoNobel Opens Decorative Paints Site in Western China
AMSTERDAM - AkzoNobel has started production at its fourth, and largest, plant for decorative paints in China. Located in Chengdu, the new facility represents an important milestone in the company's growth plans for the west of the country. The new plant is part of an investment in excess of €50 million to build manufacturing facilities for both Powder Coatings and Decorative Paints.
Located in Qionglai, Chengdu, the new 55,000-square-meter decorative paints site observes the company's highest sustainability and safety standards. All products produced will be waterborne and solvent-free, and the facility's manufacturing environment will generate lower carbon emissions and be more sustainable. Given its central location, the site will enable extensive savings in transportation costs and an optimized logistics network that will reduce carbon emissions by eight kilotons per year - equivalent to carbon emissions of 3,000 tons of standard coal.