# Kikusui Chemical completes paint plant in Changshu, China

Kikusui Chemical Industry's joint venture Kikusui Building Materials Technology (Changshu) completed and began operations of a new paint and coatings plant in Changshu, China, with an investment of approximately 12 billion yen.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-05-11
- Where: Changshu Economic and Technological Development Zone, Changshu City, Jiangsu Province, China
- Value: $107.0M (12.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: 16 May 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 2.24 tons/year (first year, mainly paint)
- Products: architectural paints and coatings, dry sheet building materials, special mortars, cement additives
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Kikusui Chemical Industry](https://endata.com/companies/24223.md)
- [Kikusui Building Materials Technology (Changshu)](https://endata.com/companies/24224.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [en.lnews.jp](https://en.lnews.jp/2017/05/j051112.html), 2017-05-11: "The new factory will primarily manufacture architectural paints, but will also produce dry sheet building materials, special mortars, and cement additives."

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