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KOTA KINABALU: The world's largest paints and coatings company AkzoNobel unveiled its first Dulux Decorative Centre here on Friday, July 29. It is also the first of its kind one-stop centre in Malaysia.
Located at 88 Marketplace, off Jalan Pintas Penampang Baru, the futuristic and innovatively-designed centre aims to provide customers with value-added services such as colour consultation and sustainability awareness, said ICI Paints Malaysia Sdn Bhd managing director Goh Cheok Weng.
ICI Paints Malaysia was acquired by Akzonobel in 2008.
"The Dulux brand has been present in Sabah for many years. But we have chosen to open the first such centre here, as we view the state as a growing and buoyant market with lots of prospects.
"When we open a centre in Malaysia, we do not differentiate geographically, as we view any city in the country as the same. But in the last couple of years, we see growing demand and needs from customers in this part of Malaysia. So, we now can provide them, with better services.
"Through this centre, we are not only committed to help them make sustainable and informed choices in colour trends and design, but provide the tools as well to unleash their creativity and design potential," he added.
The launch was graced by state Local Government and Housing Assistant Minister Datuk Ir Edward Yong Oui Fah.
The layout of the Dulux Decorative Centre, which is officially open to the public from Saturday, has four different sections.
These are the "ColourFutures Wall" where clients will be introduced to the colour trends of the year, "Inspiration Showcase" for customers to observe the colour scheme visualisation, a consultation corner to receive expert advice from the company's colour consultants and the innovation display, which is committed to the Dulux range of eco-friendly paints.
The Dulux brand is the first in Malaysia to present a complete interior range of low odour, low VOC (Volatile Organic Compound), the Singapore GreenLabel and Malaysia Sirim Eco-Label certified emulsion paints.
In conjunction with the grand opening, Goh said a two-day carnival will be held at the centre Saturday from 10am to 6pm.
The activities include a balloon sculpture clown, a children colouring contest, inflatable bouncing castles, family games and colour consultation, besides attractive freebies being given away.
Celebrity designer Eric Leong, who is also known as Malaysia's favourite interior designer through his interior makeover TV show Casa Impian (now known as Deko Bersama Eric), will also make a special appearance at 5pm Saturday.
Besides Dulux, AkzoNobel which is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, also has well known brands such as Sikkens, International and Eka in its portfolio.
AkzoNobel has operations in more than 80 countries with a manpower of 55,000. — Bernama
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