06 Mar 2024 --- Dutch coatings company AkzoNobel has opened a new €26 million (US$28.2 million) manufacturing plant at its forest in Faisalabad, Pakistan, the company’s largest investment in the country to date. The 25 acre site, which has facilities for specialty coatings, oil coatings and protective coatings, decorative paint, wood finishes and automotive, will help to meet increasing customer demand across various markets. Mubbasher Omar, AkzoNobel Pakistan’s CEO, tells Packaging Insights that for packaging coatings, “we leverage the strength of our global manufacturing sites and supply packaging coating solutions to our valued packaging coatings customers in Pakistan.”
