Akzo Nobel Starts Operations at Coatings Plants in U.S., China
ARNHEM, The Netherlands - Akzo Nobel Coatings started operations at new coatings plants in Houston and Dongguan City, China.
In Houston, the company said its new Marine & Protective Coatings business unit facility is a technologically advanced production site that manufactures heavy-duty marine and structural-steel coatings. The $17 million project, built in phases while production continued, includes six new computer-modified manufacturing lines for thin-film products and seven lines for high-build epoxies, four new packaging lines, and a small-batch area.