PPG has launched a new factory for manufacturing car coatings of water in Samut Prakan, Thailand, aimed at strengthening production capacity for sustainable coatings in Southeast Asia.
The factory has an automated spraying application center and has the annual production capacity of 2,000 t.
Alisha Bellezza, the main vice-president of PPG Automotive Oem Coatings, “said:” Southeast Asia is experiencing rapid growth in the automotive sector. With the support of the Thai government to electric vehicles with large opportunities for world car manufacturers, including Chinese OEM, we have seen the need to expand our operations.
“This opening is an important step, highlighting PPG’s commitment to sustainability and highlighting its strategic accent on the Southeast Asian market.”
The installation will increase the production capacity of the company of the basic coats and the primers of water origin, which will help meet the growing demand for advantageous car coverings in Southeast Asia.
PPG vice-president Asia Pacific Automotive Oem Coatings, Thomas Li, added: “PPG’s goal to” protect and embellish the world “is obvious in its development of waterproof coatings with low VOCs. Our new plant in Thailand represents an important step in PPG’s commitment to promote a sustainable transformation within the automotive coating industry. ”
Last year in May, the company announced its intention to Invest $ 300 million In advanced manufacturing facilities in North America in 2024.
It aims to build a new paint manufacturing and coating plant in the county of Loudon, Tennessee, which will be the first factory in more than 15 years.
The president and chief executive officer of the PPG, Tim Knavish, said: “Innovation is at the forefront of the PPG objective in the protection and embellishment of the world. These investments continue to modernize and digitize our manufacturing capacities, and to demonstrate the continuous PPG accent on quality and service to our customers as a single -order single coating provider for each vehicle surface.
“While we continue to see a resurgence of manufacturing in the United States, PPG will take advantage of this new installation and our other site investments to maximize quality, improve operational efficiency and reduce the complexity of products in our manufacturing footprint.”
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