AkzoNobel NV has officially opened the world’s most advanced and sustainable paint plant in Ashington, UK.
The hi-tech facility – which cost more than €100m to build – represents the largest ever global investment by the company’s decorative paints business. It will become the new centre of production for Dulux, the UK’s leading decorative paint brand.
The Ashington plant uses a variety of renewable energy sources, including photovoltaic cells and a biomass boiler, alongside a highly automated manufacturing process which saves water, waste and energy. The company estimates that the carbon footprint per litre of paint produced at the site will be reduced by 50 percent compared with the production facilities at the plants it is replacing.
The factory will be capable of doubling AkzoNobel’s current UK production levels to 200 million litres a year – approximately enough paint to redecorate every living room, bathroom and kitchen in the UK. Covering an area of 100,000m2, the facility also has the capacity to expand in order to support future growth plans.
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