PPG Starts up Tianjin Waterborne Coatings Facility    

The largest PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) plant in Asia, PPG Coatings (Tianjin) Co Ltd, recently celebrated Phase I of the expansion of its waterborne coatings facility. Upon the completion of Phase I of the project, the annual capacity of waterborne automotive and industrial coatings will reach about 4 000 tons. Annual output is expected to increase to about 10 000 tons when Phase II of the project is completed.
   Viktoras R. Sekmakas, PPG vice president of industrial coatings and president, said "To meet growing market demands, PPG has continued to increase its investment in China since entering the country. Even with the 2009 financial crisis, we still built PPG Coatings Zhangjiagang Co Ltd - the first PPG resin plant in China - and an aerospace support center in Tianjin. Moreover, we launched this expansion project for waterborne coatings."