Wacker is expanding the site’s existing facilities for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions and is also building a new plant to produce polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) solid resins.
The expansion to Romania creates a promising opportunity for Univar especially in the coatings market where only 65 % of the customers are served by local producers.
Oxea, announced on 27 February results for FY 2011. Net sales of EUR 1,479 million were up by 8 % and Adjusted EBITDA amounted to EUR 206 million reflecting an increase of 16 % from the corresponding period of the prior year.
According to IRL’ fourth edition of its report "A Profile of the Middle Eastern and African Paint Industries”, Saudi Arabia and Qatar offer significant growth opportunities.
The AkzoNobel factory in Ashington/UK was granted planning permission by Northumberland County Council. It will be one of the biggest manufacturing investments in the region in recent years.
One key principle in the automotive industry has always been to produce "just in time” in order to take costs out of the supply chain. This way of thinking has changed to a certain extent since last year’s earthquake in Japan, as Dr. Adalbert Huber, Merck KGaA explains in this video.
