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2 May 2007
Borealis announces R$18 million investment in Brazil
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, will invest R$ 18 million in the acquisition of a new extrusion line to enlarge its Itatiba (SP) plant. Borealis has two production units in Brazil located in Itatiba (SP) and Triunfo (RS). The investment, which will serve the automotive and appliances markets, will increase the polypropylene (PP) compounding capacity of the plant by 11,000 tonnes per annum and is due for completion in mid-2008.
1 May 2007
German Drivers Praise Friendliness of Nobilas Accident Management Services
Hoofddorp, the Netherlands, May 1, 2007 – Nobilas Claims and Fleet solutions, the Akzo Nobel company specialising in accident management, today announced that a driver satisfaction survey conducted in Germany revealed the overwhelming majority -- 94 percent -- of respondents would recommend the Nobilas service to others. In particular, survey participants were pleased with the friendliness of Nobilas’ service, which made the experience more pleasant. They also indicated that the pick-up and delivery services and complimentary replacement vehicle were especially appreciated.
“Our goal is to make the accident repair process as fast, simple and customer-friendly as possible, and one important factor is the ability of the body shop staff to ‘speak the customer’s language,’” said Thomas Geiger, General Manager for Nobilas Germany, Austria and Switzerland. “We set high standards for our network of body shops, including training staff to explain technical terms clearly. The results of this survey show we are making great strides in ensuring customer satisfaction.”
PITTSBURGH, April 19, 2007 – PPG Industries’ chairman and chief executive officer Charles E. Bunch continues to be optimistic about the company’s future. He outlined PPG’s progress toward achieving its vision and implementing its strategy at the company’s annual meeting of shareholders today.
As a Chinese leading automobile manufacturer, with the strong trend of 100,000 vehicles increase in two consecutive years, Chery attracts a large number of international automobile suppliers. Following Johnson Controls, another fortune 500 company PPG Industries is “eying” at Chery. Recently, PPG Industries held a grand project launching ceremony of its new plant in Wuhu, Anhui Province. The new plant will be the 8th manufacturing base of PPG in China built to provide Chery with automotive coatings. Before this PPG has successively established seven plants in China mainland including Tianjin, Suzhou, and Zibo and in automotive industry it mainly services Volkswagen, GM, Mercedes Benz, Dongfeng Citroen, Peugeot and Hainan Mazda. This is the first time for PPG to set up a plant for the market of a Chinese brand since it entered China.
上海，2007年4月– 马勒，作为一家总部设在斯图加特的汽车供应商，正尽力确保其产品可以满足未来尾气排放法规的要求。而对商用车来说，废气再循环系统的使用可能变得不可避免。 
上海，2007年4月—越来越短的研发时间，同步增高的开发成本，日益精简的组织机构，所有这些，都使得研发新举措成为绝对必须的选择。目前， 研发努力的焦点已经不是单个元件，取而代之的，是一个完整的系统。将活塞，活塞销，活塞环，缸套，连杆以及轴瓦等全部拼装组合， 构成一个动力单元总成（PCU）。