Asian Paints to form second JV with PPG Ind

Asian Paints at the moment thought it will form a flash another hang out venture with US-based PPG Industries, as well expanding their existing JV in order to accelerate growth of non-decorative coatings organization in India.

While apiece the diagram, Asian paints Limited (APL) and PPG will found a flash 50:50 JV, Asian Paints thought in a filing to Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

This will be on an beyond expanding their current 50:50 hang out venture -- Asian PPG Industries Ltd (APPG), it added.

APL and PPG maintain agreed with the aim of APL will take prime in the flash venture and PPG will take prime in APPG in order to utilise their respective strengths, it thought.

"The modalities are being worked on. The procedure is subject matter to regulatory approvals and is likely to be complete throughout 2011," Asian Paints thought.

The flash hang out venture will service the defensive, engineering powder, engineering containers and light engineering coatings markets, it added.

"In affiliation with PPG, with whom we maintain had a very profitable collaboration, APL expects with the aim of the partners mutually will be bale to take improvement of the quickly on the increase Indian scaling-down and give out all customers in place of non- decorative products in the Indian marketplace," Asian Paints MD and first in command P M Murty thought.

He advance added, "Through this another verge on we will accelerate growth by leveraging PPG's knowledge and total customer relationships while continuing to build on Asian Paint's customer center, manufacturing footprint, distribution channels and confined relationships."

PPG Industries is single of the world's leading coatings and specialty products company.

APPG at present caters to the Indian haulage coatings marketplace and this alteration will get bigger its scope to additionally give out the engineering liquid, marine and consumer packaging markets.

Asian Paints at the moment posted a emerge of 15.61 apiece cent in its get profit to Rs 206.60 crore in place of the third quarter ended December 31, 2010, compared to Rs 178.69 crore in the same episode prior fiscal.

Asian Paints scrips congested the daylight hours by the side of Rs 2,622.30 on the BSE, down 1.45 apiece cent from the prior close.