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PPG Carries Out The USD 15-Million Expansion Of Brazil, Ind., Powder Coatings Plant

PPG (NYSE: PPG) recently declared the conclusion of its Brazil, Ind., powder coatings production facility's USD 15-million investment. The facility employing 90 people, has undergone an expansion of 20,000 square feet to make room for two state-of-the-art lines for bonded metallic powder and automated packaging capabilities.

PPG celebrated this development by doing a ribbon-cutting event at the facility, which took place on April 26, that was attended by plant employees, company leaders, government officials and community members.

Kevin Braun, the PPG vice president of global Industrial Coatings, stated that an expansion of this scale requires a significant amount of time, dedication, and effort from employees, leaders, and the community. He thanked the great PPG team and the Brazil community for the facility's successful expansion.

The plant provides consumers from the appliance and general industrial manufacturing industries. These developments will improve the ability of PPG to provide powder consumers with better product and process quality control whilst reducing lead times for colour matching and production.

Marizeth Carvalho, the global business director, powder and general manager, PPG, Latin America South, stated that powder is the most rapidly booming coatings technology worldwide, and they are determined to fulfil this rising demand via R&D, acquisitions and investments to improve their abilities and extend their global footprint. A crucial factor propelling the prompt adoption of powder coatings is the shifting interest in more sustainably advantaged solutions.

Usually, powder coatings are formulated in the absence of solvents that emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and can be reused and recycled during the end-use process. The focus on powder coatings allows PPG and its clients to reach sustainability goals.

Brazil's facility expansion is a part of the company's strategic efforts for expanding its powder coatings offerings as well as boosting production to fulfil the increasing customer demand. Along with this development, PPG intents to introduce around 12 new jobs at the location.

Following 2019, PPG has concentrated on increasing the powder coatings capacity and capabilities, carrying out four strategic acquisitions and extending manufacturing and service parts at seven powder plants all over the world. Extra capacity expansions all over the U.S. and Latin America are under plans for 2023.

In 2021, PPG Announced A Previous Investment Of USD 2.7 Million For Powder Coatings Expansion In Sumaré, Brazil

PPG (NYSE: PPG) declared a USD 2.7 million investment for expanding powder coatings manufacturing capabilities in the Brazilian facility in Sumaré, in São Paulo. The undertaking is expected to expand the facility's production capacity for powder coatings by about 40%, which began in Q3 2022.

The facility's expansion will comprise the latest equipment to further help the company's distribution of powder coatings, an extremely eco-friendly product offering improved durability, transfer efficiency and the power to be reused or recycled during the application. The acquisition lines up with the company's aim to accomplish 40% of its sales by 2025 from eco-friendly advantaged products whilst boosting production capacity as well to fulfil the rising consumer demand in Brazil and other South American nations.

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At PPG (NYSE: PPG), the company works each day to create and provide the paints, coatings and speciality products that their clients have had faith in them for 140 years. With commitment and creativity, they solve their client's major challenges, closely cooperating to figure out the right way ahead. With their headquarters in Pittsburgh, they operate and innovate in over 70 nations and, in 2022, announced sales of USD 17.7 billion. They offer clients from industries like construction, consumer products, industrial and transportation etc.

According to the Procurement Resource article, PPG's Brazil-based epoxy and acrylate based powder coatings plant recently went through a USD 15-Million brownfield expansion to make room for two state-of-the-art lines for bonded metallic powder and automated packaging capabilities. The company previously announced an expansion for the product in 2021. Further details of the expansions have been mentioned in the article.