AkzoNobel Breaks Ground on Decorative Coatings Site in China
CHENGDU, China - On August 20, AkzoNobel broke ground on its new Decorative Paints site in Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan Province, China. The facility is part of an investment in excess of €50 million to build manufacturing facilities for both Powder Coatings and Decorative Paints.
Located in Qionglai Yang’an Industrial Park, the new site – the company's fourth plant for decorative coatings in China – occupies an area of 55,000 square meters. The first phase is scheduled to be opened in 2016, with full operations expected by 2017.