Vitracoat Announces Innovation Research Center

Vitracoat Inc. has announced a new powder coating production facility and Innovation Research Center, located in Houston, Texas. Throughout the past 75 years, the company has grown to become the largest independent thermoset powder coating supplier in the Western Hemisphere.

“This new facility is state-of-the-art and an outstanding showplace to bring customers and demonstrate our advanced technical expertise,” says Mileidys Bello, technical director.

“To say I am excited about this new facility is an understatement. This is another illustration of Vitracoat’s continued and unwavering commitment to the powder coatings market in North America,” says Steve Houston, vice president and business director. “This is a huge step in providing us the infrastructure we need to stay ahead of our very aggressive growth trajectory.”

Luis Moussali, president of Vitracoat, adds, “Seventy-five years ago my grandfather had a vision of what this organization would look like, my father expanded our technological reach into powder coatings and now we find ourselves as one of the most dynamic and fastest growing powder suppliers in the Americas.”

It is estimated that once completed this new facility will give Vitracoat the ability to triple production output domestically and double research and development output.