PPG to Invest $27 Million
in San Juan Del Rio Facility
PPG Industries bas announced plans
to invest more than $27 million in its
San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico,
coatings manufacturing facility. The
expansion project will add four new
buildings to the current complex,
representing approximately 100,000
square feet of additional production
and laboratory space. The company officially initiated the expansion with a
groundbreaking event and anticipates
completion in 2015. The expanded facility is expected to employ more than
115 people, a 30 percent increase over
its current workforce.
The additional capacity will enable PPG to meet increasing demand
for its coatings by automotive OEM,
protective and marine, packaging and
industrial customers in Mexico. The
expansion project will incorporate
eco-friendly building designs, provide
natural light in employee areas, use intelligent lighting systems to maximize
energy efficiency and incorporate water
recycling capabilities.
“This growth project is another important step for PPG’s future in Mexico.
It will enhance PPG’s capability to serve
the country’s fast-growing automotive
manufacturing market with the latest
waterborne and compact process technologies that today’s global automotive
OEMs are demanding,” said Adriana
Macouzet, PPG general manager, Latin
America North. “The expansion enables
us to meet the additional demand stemming from rapid growth in recent years
by our Mexico-based customers and
provide PPG coatings to other local end-use markets.”
EU-Funded Study Finds High
Levels of Lead in Paint in
Seven Asian Countries
The majority of household paints ana-
lyzed in seven Asian countries contain
unsafe levels of lead; would not meet
regulatory standards established in
most highly industrialized countries;
and, in a number of cases, have aston-
ishingly high lead content, according to
a new report. The Asian Regional Paint
Report that will be released on March
23, 2014 by IPEN at the 4th Asian-
Pacific Regional meeting of the Strategic
Approach to International Chemicals
Management (SAICM) convened
by the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP). For a copy of the
report and news release, please go to
www.ipen.org. (First item.)
Key findings:
•More than three-quarters of the
paints analyzed contained lead levels above 90 parts per million (ppm)
and would not be permitted for sale
in most industrialized countries.
• At least a quarter of all paints from
all countries contained extremely
dangerous levels of lead above
10,000 ppm.
•Overall, brightly colored paints
(red, yellow) contained the highest
lead levels.
• Major paint brands that contained
high levels of lead in previously
conducted studies in these same
countries now have levels below
90 ppm.
• Paints with low levels of lead were
available in all markets at prices
comparable to the leaded products,
suggesting that the technology exists to produce cost effective, lead-safe products.
• None of the paint cans containing lead stated this on the label or
explained the hazards associated
with lead. 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, adhesives and sealants
Subsidiaries are indexed under their own names.
AkzoNobel................................................................................................ 10, 28
Benjamin Moore ............................................................................................. 28
Hardide........................................................................................................... 10
Henkel ............................................................................................................ 16
Kelly-Moore.................................................................................................... 10
Minwax .......................................................................................................... 16
Nanovere ........................................................................................................ 16
PPG...................................................................................................... 10, 28, 50
Sherwin-Williams ...................................................................................... 16, 17
Valspar ............................................................................................................ 10
