Asian Paints has started commercial production at its Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, white cement manufacturing facility through its Asian White Inc. FZE subsidiary.
This new investment will significantly increase the company’s global annual production capacity for alkyl ethanolamines, including dimethyl ethanolamine (DMEOA) and methyl diethanolamine (MDEOA).
Tony Thomas, President of Polyrheo USA, said the new site "represents a logical next step towards our strategic goal of becoming a significant chemical manufacturer in the United States with a focus on chemicals used in the CASE market, especially resins."
Four new manufacturing lines are now operational following the €21 million expansion project in Italy – two of them dedicated to automotive primers and two to architectural coatings.