ARNHEM, the Netherlands - CEO Hans Wijers has outlined Akzo Nobel's determined ambition to become the number-one coatings company in China. Firmly established as a key strategic market, expansion in China is fundamental to the CEO's vision for future growth.
While in Asia to officially open the company's new Decorative Coatings facility in Suzhou near Shanghai, Wijers - who also opened a factory in Vietnam last month - said that although Akzo Nobel already commands strong leadership positions in several industrial market sectors, consolidation and further expansion of the decorative activities in China will play a substantial role in helping to establish the company as the country's major coatings force.