PPG Industries Expands San Juan Del Rio Coatings Plant in Mexico

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources Latin America (Cordoba, Argentina)--PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) plans to expand the coatings plant at its complex in San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico.

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PPG plans to add four buildings next to the existing facility, creating a new production unit. Its storage area, administrative offices and a laboratory will total 100,000 square feet. PPG plans to invest $27 million in the facility.

Construction is scheduled to begin in December this year, with completion in December 2015. The expansion will increase the facility's production of coatings 30% to 10 million liters per year. PPG plans to pick a construction contractor in September.

PPG also is upgrading its paints and coatings facility, with an investment value of $6 million. That project is scheduled for completion in September.

The San Juan del Rio complex produces paints and coatings for the automotive and industrial sectors.

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