Yesterday, the world's leading paint and coating company Akzo Nobel announced that its powder coating factory in Changzhou was officially put into production. The newly-founded factory invested nearly 40 million euros, and the total planning accounted for a quarter of Akzo Nobel's Changzhou paint base. With a capacity of 46,000 tons, AkzoNobel is the world's largest powder coating plant.
Guests cut ribbon for the new factory
The new powder factory will support home appliances, building materials, automobiles, functional products, furniture, industrial, IT and other seven fields, and its products will radiate the entire East China region. The produced automotive powder coating products will be sold throughout the country. Changzhou where the new factory is located. The paint base is also AkzoNobel's only diversified high-performance coating product production base in China. Its liquid coating and powder coating capabilities can more effectively support the needs of local customers across the business process. At the same time, the R&D team equipped with the new powder factory will AkzoNobel's Shanghai Technology Center collaborates to perform new product development and formulation performance improvements.
Due to the economic development, the increasing demand for spraying technology and the increasing importance of the whole society to environmental protection and other factors, the powder coating market in China is rapidly expanding. According to the preliminary 2017 annual statistics released by the industry, the representative enterprises in 2017 Both powder coating sales and sales have seen double-digit growth.
Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings has maintained the top spot in the Chinese and global market share, and the coverage area has continued to expand.
'China is Akzo Nobel's world's most important paint and paint market. The development of China's powder industry is ushering in the spring. The changing industry demand will help us to continuously optimize our investment strategy and layout. The new powder plant will be injected into Changzhou Paint Base. The new vitality will further consolidate the company's leading position in the global powder coating market and promote business growth. At the same time, we will focus more on paint and coatings business to provide Chinese customers with high-quality, sustainable solutions.
- Ruud Joosten
AkzoNobel Member of the Council
Chief Operating Officer
'The powder business is also being innovated in China at the same time as it is produced in China. It undoubtedly instills strength in our growth in China. AkzoNobel has been providing China and even global customers with colorful and highly functional integrated coating sustainable solutions. The powder plant will further help Changzhou to consolidate its position as a heavyweight in China's powder coating industry, and its production R&D capabilities will bring more personalized, localized and quick solutions to create more value for our customers in China. '
- Daniela Vlad
AkzoNobel Powder Coatings Director
As the most environmentally friendly powder coating in the coating industry, its non-volatile organic compounds (VOC) and the most robust and weatherable characteristics are favored in more and more areas. The new factory is adhering to the highest sustainable development standards in the production process. Advanced technologies such as the vacuum rotary drum wastewater recirculation system used in the process can help achieve 'zero' emissions and 100% recovery and reuse of waste water, ensuring the sustainable production and operation of the plant.
Akzo Nobel powder coating Changzhou plant panorama
Akzo Nobel's development in China is inseparable from the help and support of the local government. Therefore, we hope to grow together with the local community. Sustainability is the core of AkzoNobel's strategy. We focus on environmentally friendly products and safe operations. Our new The factory will further respond to the call for China's supply-side reforms, and at the same time cultivate local talent with the government and promote the development of the entire industry.
- Wang Yanbin
AkzoNobel Powder Coating North Asia Business Director
Akzo Nobel Changzhou Powder Coatings Factory currently employs approximately 300 people. After being formally put into operation, it will not only be an important automobile powder coating base in China, but will also provide metal powder coating production, becoming one of the few domestic metal coating production bases. New types of powder coatings have been successfully applied to the exterior walls of modern buildings that are covered with metallic luster, such as the Chinese headquarters building in Alumpa, Hangzhou, China. The demand in the Chinese market is increasing.