Asian Paints Middle East, a joint venture between Oman's Al Hassan group and Asian Paints India, is planning to increase its production capacity by four to five times to 25,000 tonnes per annum, Times of Oman has reported. The expected cost for the proposed upgrade is between OR4m and OR5m, according to P K Raj, general manager of Asian Paints Middle East. "Our existing capacity is around 6,000 tonnes per annum (tpa), which will be raised to around 25,000 tpa. It will be implemented in a phased manner. But some level of work is happening," he said