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Asian Paints performs Bhoomi Pooja at new site
Asian Paints, India’s largest paint company has performed Bhoomi Pooja—
ground breaking ceremony—at the site
of its proposed paint plant at the
Industrial Model Township (IMT),
Rohtak, Haryana.
“We are proud to be the first company to invest in IMT, Rohtak by setting
up one of the largest paint plants in
the world,” said Ashwin Dani, vice
chairman and managing director,
Asian Paints. The plant is located on
130 acres of land and will manufacture both water- and solvent-based
paints including emulsions and resins.
Production is expected to start early
2010. The facility at Rohtak, Haryana
isthe sixth paint plant of Asian Paints
in India.
uted to a switch from solventborne to
waterborne paints.
GM AWARDS DUPONT FOR
COATINGS ACHIEVEMENTS
General Motors (GM) recently present-
ed a 2007 Supplier of the Year award to
DuPont Automotive OEM Coatings,
which provides coatings to major automotive manufacturers globally. DuPont
received a General Motors 2007
Supplier of the Year award for its “
contributions to GM’s global product and
performance achievements.” CW
Index to Companies
This index gives the starting page for a department or feature with
a significant reference to a manufacturer of paint, coatings, adhe-
sives and sealants. Subsidiaries are indexed under their own names.
VOLVO CE INVESTS
IN A NEW PAINT SHOP
Volvo CE is investing SEK341 million
in a new paint shop in the company’s
articulated hauler plant in Braås,
Sweden. This investment will lead to
an increase in capacity in the plant, a
reduced impact on the environment
and added improvement in quality, the
company said.
The total market for articulated
haulers has more than doubled in recent
years and current demand is greater
than ever before. In order to meet this
increased demand, during the past few
years, Volvo CE has made running
investments to boost capacity in the
articulated hauler plant in Braås. It is
now the paint shop’s turn and it will be
replaced by an entirely new facility that
will be completed in 2010.
The investment in the new paint
shop will increase capacity by approximately 55% compared with the existing one. This will also result in a number of improvements with respect to
the environment, such as a reduction
of approximately 75% in emissions of
VOCs, which above all can be attrib-
Akzo Nobel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 34
Asian Paints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 34
BASF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 34
Beckers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
BEHR ................................................... 10
Benjamin Moore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Comex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
DAW .................................................... 34
DuPont ................................................8, 34
Excalibur Paint & Coatings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
FGS/PermaShine .......................................... 66
H.B. Fuller ............................................... 34
Hempel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Henkel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
InternationalPaint ........................................ 20
Jotun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 34
Kansai Paint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
KPC Coatings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Masco ................................................... 34
Nippon Paint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Pettit Marine Paint ........................................ 20
PPG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 34
RPM .................................................... 34
Shawcor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sherwin-Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sika. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Valspar ............................................... 20, 34
West System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
