AkzoNobel increases capacity in India

AkzoNobel has inaugurated the first-of-its-kind Specialty Coatings production facility and colour laboratory in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, a satellite town 25 km from New Delhi, to service its customers in the consumer electronics, automobile and cosmetic industries. AkzoNobel creates everyday essentials to make people’s lives more liveable and inspiring. With an emphasis on caring for life, it offers sustainable options for the essential protection of coatings. With an investment of € 0.4 million (INR 3 crore), the new site will manufacture 600 kl of coatings annually, thus catering to the localisation drive undertaken by many large companies. Being situated in India, the site will supply AkzoNobel’s coating systems faster to manufacturing companies in the country.