Nipsea coating plant in Tianjin to go online in June

Driven by an automobile production boom in China, Nipsea Group, parent company of Nippon Paint China, will bring a new plant online with an investment of 960 million yuan ($133 million) in Tianjin in June, said its top executive.

The Singapore-based company's Tianjin plant will focus on producing industrial coatings to meet surging demand from China's automotive sector.

Nipsea will also launch a new innovation center with 1,000 researchers and staff members in Shanghai in early 2026. It will be Nipsea's largest such facility in the Asia-Pacific region.