companies produce lower quality paint.
However, some domestic paint is becoming competitive, including Kova, Dong
Tam, Tison, Alphanam and Hoa Binh.
The local firms mainly sell their products in provinces while the foreign firms
dominate the large cities.
Hoang Van Hung, director of Nero
Paint Co. Ltd., said domestic companies
must diversify their products to increase
market share.
Local companies also seem to have an
edge in non-decorative paints, including
the Hoa Binh Paint Company’s paints for
coastal environments – and waterproofing, heat and nano paints [produced by
the Kova Company].
Nguyen Thi Hoe, chairwoman of
Kova Group, said her firm had sustainable development on the local market but
aimed to develop exports. It already sells
to Singapore and Indonesia.
PPG celebrates 50 years of
Electrocoat Technology
PPG Industries recently celebrated the
50th anniversary of its electrocoat systems
at its China headquarters in Shanghai.
PPG was the first company to introduce electrocoating technology
commercially in an automotive OEM
(original equipment manufacturer) assembly plant. Since it filled the world’s
first automotive body electrocoat tank
at a Ford plant in Wixom, Michigan in
1963, PPG has been dedicated to constantly improving electrocoat performance by developing and introducing
innovations such as cationic electrocoat
technology, cathodic epoxy electrocoat
and lead-free, low-VOC (volatile organic
compound), high-throw electrocoat.
According to PPG, electrocoat technology has become the industry standard
for corrosion protection. It has boosted
the automotive industry because of its
“green” credentials, high efficiency, uniform thickness and strong protection
against corrosion.
“Innovation is one key to PPG’s leading
position in the coatings industry, and electro-
coat is a great example of our robust innova-
tive strength,” said Vincent Robin, PPG vice
president, automotive coatings, Asia Pacific.
“In addition to continuing to improve
electrocoating systems, PPG is committed
to developing more state-of-the-art coatings
products and techniques to help our auto
industry customers – and their customers –
save energy and reduce emissions.”
Over the past five decades, PPG electro-
coat products and technologies have earned
many accolades, including being named
among FORTUNE Magazine’s 100
products “America Makes Best,”
receiving the Presidential Green
Chemistry Award from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), and winning the Automotive News
PACE Award for groundbreaking innova-
tion. As of June 2013, more than 700 mil-
lion vehicle bodies worldwide had been
coated with PPG electrocoat products,
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