PPG’s Wuhu automotive coatings plant starts production
U.S.-based PPG Industrial Inc, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of transportation coatings, announced that its new automotive coatings plant in Wuhu city, Anhui Province of China has officially started production.
The Wuhu plant is in line with the company’s international business strategy which targets emerging regions, said PPG chairman and CEO Charles Bunch, adding that the expansion shows the company’s commitment to development in the Chinese market and support of the country’s homegrown brand auto makers such as Chery Automobile Co. Ltd, one of PPG’s largest and most important customers in the region.
The new plant will greatly shorten the supply chain for Chery’s production factory, and efficiently help the Chinese auto maker cut down cost.
As the world’s leader in vehicle coating production, PPG’s customers in China include General Motors (GM), Mercedes Benz, BMW, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Co. Ltd (DPCA), Chery and Hainan Mazda, etc. PPG has set up 13 plants in major Chinese cities, such as Guangzhou, Tianjin, Suzhou, Zibo and Zhang Jia Gang.
PPG Industries plans to expand its sales in China to more than 33% of its total sales in the Asia-Pacific region in five years, and build a new plant in China over the next one or two years, said Bunch.
Tags: Auto, Chery, General-Motors