BERLIN: PPG Industries Inc. has completed a $5 million expansion at its coatings manufacturing facility in Wuppertal, Germany, the Pittsburgh-based company said Tuesday.
PPG (NYSE: PPG) said the project added equipment to existing buildings on the campus, supporting up to a 35 percent increase in annual production capacity of environmentally sustainable waterborne coatings for automotive and industrial applications.
“Waterborne coatings offer manufacturers a more sustainable alternative to typical solvent-based coatings by reducing volatile organic compounds,” said Jean-Marie Greindl, vice president, automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) coatings, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and president, PPG EMEA, in a statement. “PPG has been at the forefront of this technology throughout its evolution and holds a leading position in this segment in Europe.”
