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AkzoNobel Boosts Powder Coatings Capacity and greener facilities and production methods.
Accelerates Shift to Greener Production “We’re implementing a structured expansion plan to boost capacity at
AkzoNobel is investing €20 million to increase powder coatings capacity both our Como and Arnsberg sites,” says Daniela Vlad, Business Director
at its site in Como, Italy, hoping to strengthen its market position and of AkzoNobel Powder Coatings. “It will help to strengthen our market
sharpen its focus on greener manufacturing. position and provide us with back up should we encounter supply issues.”
The Como site – already the company’s biggest plant in Europe for The building in Como and extra line in Arnsberg will help the com-
producing powder coatings – is set to house a major expansion for the pany continue to grow with its customers, particularly in the automotive
production of automotive coatings. The new facility will provide strategic segment, AkzoNobel says.
back-up for AkzoNobel’s Arnsberg site in Germany where a new line is “Although powder coatings are already inherently sustainable, we’re
also being added. also committed to making our own buildings and facilities as sustainable
The extra capacity in Como is being installed in a renovated building as possible,” says Vlad. “The company has set a clear ambition to reduce
where powder coatings were originally made. The company says it is its carbon emissions 50 percent by 2030 and become carbon neutral by
introducing advanced equipment and technology to deliver higher 2050, so we’re accelerating our efforts to embrace renewable energy and
productivity rates and efficiency gains, and will use recycled energy to introduce more smart manufacturing technology.”
reduce consumption. www.akzonobel.com
It follows recent investments in China and Vietnam designed to install

beiges, a change after nearly a decade of
SICO names Blue-winged Warbler smoky grays, Sico says.
Its 2021 Color of the Year The increasing need for self-care, comfort
Sico is taking a cue from nature with its 2021 and relaxation were recurring themes at PPG’s
Color of the Year, Blue-winged Warbler (6160- recent Global Color Workshop. The annual event
52). Blue-winged Warbler is named after the brings together more than 30 PPG global color
North American songbird. stylists from the automotive, consumer electron-
“While much of the world continues to shel- ics, aerospace, and home paint and stain indus-
ter in place, consumers have turned to nature to tries. The stylists analyze the fashion runway,
receive the comfort and relaxation that they have positivity, transforming a space into a serene lifestyles, demographics, geographies, global
been longing for after months of feeling unset- retreat from the world outside our doors.” events, and cross-cultural societal inspirations to
tled,” says Martin Tustin-Fuchs, Senior Marketing Blue-winged Warbler is a combination of blue determine what colors will resonate and represent
Manager, Sico, a paint brand owned by PPG. and green that creates a jade aqua tone. It current consumer mindsets, including the
“This fresh aqua color instills a feeling of pairs nicely with light creams and warm Sico paint Color of the Year.
www.sico.ca
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