De locatie in Toulouse zorgt voor een snelle levering van producten aan lokale klanten

TOULOUSE, Frankrijk–(BUSINESS WIRE)– PPG (NYSE:PPG) heeft vandaag aangekondigd dat het $ 17 miljoen zal investeren in de bouw van een ondersteuningscentrum voor ruimtevaarttoepassingen (ASC) in Toulouse, Frankrijk. PPG verwacht dat de nieuwe faciliteit in het derde kwartaal van 2022 zal worden gebouwd en in het vierde kwartaal van 2023 operationeel zal zijn. De faciliteit zal strategisch gelegen zijn in de buurt van ruimtevaartklanten en de luchthaven Toulouse Blagnac. Dit wordt de vijfde PPG ASC in de regio Europa, het Midden-Oosten en Afrika (EMEA) en de tweede in Frankrijk, naast de ASC in Gonfreville.

“De bouw van een nieuwe ASC stelt ons in staat om onze luchtvaartklanten in de regio beter te bedienen en samen te werken”, zegt Dirk Thelen, algemeen directeur van PPG, Aerospace, EMEA. “De nieuwe faciliteit zal ons vermogen vergroten om ongeëvenaarde responsiviteit en klantenondersteuning te bieden, wat leidt tot snellere kwalificatie van producten en hogere deelname aan nieuwe projecten, eerder in de ontwikkelingscyclus.”

PPG to Invest $17 Million to Build Aerospace Application Support Center in France

Toulouse location ensures quick product delivery to local customers

TOULOUSE, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)– PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it will invest $17 million to build an aerospace application support center (ASC) in Toulouse, France. PPG anticipates breaking ground for the new facility in the third quarter of 2022 and beginning operations in the fourth quarter of 2023. The facility will be strategically located near aerospace customers and the Toulouse Blagnac Airport. This will be the fifth PPG ASC in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and the second in France, in addition to the ASC in Gonfreville.

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PPG will invest $17 million to build an aerospace application support center in Toulouse, France that will begin operations in the fourth quarter of 2023. The facility will be strategically located near aerospace customers and the Toulouse Blagnac Airport. (Photo: Business Wire)

“The construction of a new ASC will allow us to better serve and collaborate with our aerospace customers in the region,” said Dirk Thelen, PPG general manager, Aerospace, EMEA. “The new facility will enhance our ability to provide unparalleled responsiveness and customer support, leading to faster qualification of products and higher participation in new projects, earlier in the development cycle.”

Capabilities at the ASC will include a development and qualification laboratory for aerospace materials, a color blending area for coatings, and a spray booth for hands-on training. It will also house filling lines for touch-up kits, a transparencies inspection cell, customized packaging capabilities for third-party products, chemical management resources and a customer service center.

“ASC-Toulouse will be the 17th application support center in our worldwide network,” Thelen said. “As we continue to grow our reach globally, we can ensure that all of our customers have convenient access to our latest aerospace technologies, while also improving the delivery of our products and providing technical resources regionally.”

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