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AkzoNobel’s Guangzhou plant aims to deliver growing demand from Chinese customers and consumers for eco-premium water-based decorative paints. A huge automation upgrade will have it running at full production of exclusively water-based products.
Ambition to Reduce Waste Water and VOC Emissions
The plant’s upgrades will also bring the company closer to its overall sustainability ambitions, which include 100 percent water reuse at the most water intensive sites by 2030. Once fully operational, Guangzhou will increase water reuse by 70 percent and reduce waste water by 50 percent. Significant reductions in electricity use and VOC emissions are also expected.
Guangzhou is the last of four decorative paint plants in China to completely switch to water-based products. State-of-the-art technology will increase its water-based paints production capacity from 88 million liters to 140 million annually.
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The renewal of the Guangzhou site is living proof of our ‘People. Planet. Paint.’ approach to sustainability,” says Rinske van Heiningen, the director of sustainability at AkzoNobel.
“It’s one of our top ten decorative paint plants globally in terms of production capacity, now shifting fully to zero-solvent-based decorative paints. At the same time, it’s using smart manufacturing technology to enhance both productivity and production safety.”
David Prinselaar, AkzoNobel’s chief supply chain officer adds, “
The new plant is a significant milestone for AkzoNobel in China as we strive to increase our production of eco-premium water-based products. This a prominent sector generating many opportunities for us to provide greener paint and coating solutions.”
AkzoNobel’s has three other decorative paint plants in China – Shanghai, Langfang and Chengdu – which already allow full production of water-based paints.
Source: AkzoNobel