Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Asian Paints Plant construction At Rohtak - June 24, 2008

Asian Paints has begun the construction state-of-the-art paint plant at the Industrial Model Township (IMT), Rohtak, Haryana. The new plant will have initial production capacity of 1.5 lakh KL and the company with hike its capacity to 4 lakh KL. The plant is located on 130 acres of land, and will manufacture both water and solvent based paints; including emulsions and resins. The project cost for the initial 1.5 Lakh KL capacity will be Rs. 400 Crores and the plant will start production by early 2010. Asian Paints will abide by all stringent environmental, health and safety standards, which it follows in all its manufacturing facilities.

In addition, a green belt of around 43 acres, rain water harvesting system, use of Solar Energy for street lights and water heating, are some of the other salient features as outlined in the blue print of the plant. The facility at Rohtak, Haryana will be the sixth paint plant of Asian Paints in India. The current paint plants of the company in the country are located at Mumbai, Ankleshwar (Gujarat), Kasna (Uttar Pradesh), Patancheru (Andhra Pradesh) and Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu) with a combined annual production capacity of 3.90 lakh.

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