Akzo Nobel Expanding Operations in China with New Coatings Facilities
ARNHEM, The Netherlands -- Akzo Nobel N.V. formally opened a new production plant in Suzhou, China, near Shanghai, for the manufacture of automotive-refinish, powder and transportation coatings for the growing Chinese market. The new plant is the result of the company's stepped-up focus on growth in China and Asia, said Rudy van der Meer, the member of the Akzo Nobel Board of Management responsible for coatings.
The company also announced the construction of a new powder-coatings plant in China, with the facility to be located at the company's joint-venture operation Akzo Nobel Chang Cheng Coatings (Beijing) Co. Ltd. The plant will manufacture Akzo Nobel's Resicoat range of specialty fusion-bonded epoxy (FBE) anticorrosion powders for steel pipes used in the oil and gas industry. The start of production is anticipated in the fourth quarter of this year.