PPG Completes $19M Waterborne Automotive
Coatings Production Line in Wuhu, China
PPG marked the completion of a new $19 million high-performance waterborne and high-solids coatings production line at its Wuhu facility
in Anhui province, China. The new line
enhances the production and service capabilities of PPG’s automotive coatings
business for customers in China.
With the implementation in China of
stricter environmental regulations, automakers have increased the use of low-volatile organic compound (low-VOC)
coatings. The new line at PPG’s Wuhu
plant adds production for environmental-ly-friendly waterborne coatings to meet
this need as well as the growing overall
demand by automotive manufacturers
and parts makers across China. The new
topcoat manufacturing facility adds process advancements and a higher degree
of automation. In addition, storage tanks
added to the facility help reduce waste at
the Wuhu plant.
PPG established its Wuhu plant in
2008, to grow its manufacturing footprint in China and supply automakers
across the country.
BASF Group Inaugurates
New Innovation Campus
Asia Pacific in Mumbai, India
BASF Group has inaugurated its new
Innovation Campus Asia Pacific, located
in Mumbai, India. The project will in-
volve a total expected investment of up to
€ 50 million from BASF Group, and marks
the Group’s largest research and develop-
ment investment in South Asia. All global
research operations at BASF Innovation
Campus Asia Pacific will be housed under
BASF Chemicals India Private Limited, a
100% subsidiary of BASF SE. The new
innovation campus will expand the com-
pany’s existing R&D activities in India to
include global and regional research on a
wide range of specialty chemicals. Topics
will cover personal and home care, pro-
cess development and organic synthesis.
The Innovation Campus expands
BASF’s research capacities in India, which
were established in 2005 and expanded
in 2014 to cover agricultural research,
organic synthesis, molecular modelling
and advanced process research. The new
Innovation Campus includes laboratories
for chemical synthesis, application and
process development, as well as analyt-
ics. It brings all new and existing research
and development activities by BASF in
Mumbai under one roof. Combined with
the broad range of current development
activities, Innovation Campus Asia Pacific
(Mumbai) will enable global know-how
exchange and foster collaboration with
customers, industrial and academic part-
ners. The campus can accommodate up to
300 scientists and will bring together top
scientists from India and other parts of
the world. 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, 45, 50, 62
Axalta Coating Systems................................................................. 10, 42, 55, 62
BASF ........................................................................................ 10, 42, 45, 55, 62
Beckers...................................................................................................... 10, 62
Benjamin Moore ............................................................................................. 10
Grebe .............................................................................................................. 62
HMG Paints.................................................................................................... 62
Hempel ..................................................................................................... 42, 62
Kansai Paints........................................................................................ 45, 48, 50
KCC................................................................................................................ 50
Lucas............................................................................................................... 42
Mankiewicz..................................................................................................... 55
Nippon Paint................................................................................................... 50
PPG....................................................................................8, 42, 50, 55, 62, 106
RPM ......................................................................................................... 10, 45
Sika ................................................................................................................. 48
Teknos ............................................................................................................ 10
