PPG has completed a US$10m coatings "centre of excellence" at its existing complex in Tianjin, China.
The new facility will serve regional customers in the automotive plastics and decorative accessories industry with development and process capabilities to achieve better colour consistency and shorter lead times for automotive decorative parts.
Go deeper with GlobalData
Discover B2B Marketing That Performs
Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms.
Timothy Knavish, PPG senior vice president, automotive coatings, said: "Because PPG remains optimistic about continued growth in the Chinese automotive industry, we continue to increase our investment here.
Vincent Robin, vice president, automotive coatings, Asia Pacific, said: "[The centre] will significantly improve our ability to collaborate with automotive plastics and decorative accessories customers in the region, improving the first-time capabilities and yield rates on their painting lines and reducing their total cost to paint plastic parts, which will help them achieve more competitive market positions."
This is PPG's first such centre in China. It built its first plant at the Tianjin site in 1994 and since expanded it to become the company's largest coatings production base. It currently supplies OEM and industrial coatings and industrial coatings for a variety of end uses in China and the Asia Pacific region.
