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Sherwin-Williams to expand architectural coatings facilities
Sherwin-Williams has announced facility upgrades that are intended to significantly expand the annual manufacturing capacity for the company's architectural paint and coatings products.
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Allnex opens new R&D center in Werndorf
Allnex has announced a multi-million-euro investment into a new, state-of-the-art Research and Development center, which is located in Werndorf, Austria and the modernisation and expansion of production...
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BASF opens surface treatment centre in China
The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF’s Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, opened its first regional innovation and technology centre for applied surface treatment technology...
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Röhm and OQ Chemicals break ground for new plant
Röhm and OQ Chemicals officially broke ground on a new world-scale methyl methacrylate (MMA) plant. The new facility will be constructed by Röhm at OQ Chemicals’ production site at Bay City, Texas....
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Covestro breaks ground for new aniline production plant
Covestro has broken ground in Antwerp for a new production facility for the manufacture of aniline. With the capacity expansion, the company intends to strengthen its European production network for the...
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Du Pont increases manufacturing capacity in USA
Du Pont has completed a capacity increase for the manufacturing of water-based pigment inkjet inks and dispersions at its plant in Fort Madison, Iowa.
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First Boeing 777 with new Surface technology takes off on passenger flights
For the first time, a Boeing 777-300ER operated by Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss) took off on a passenger flight with a surface technology jointly developed by Lufthansa Technik and BASF.
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Perstorp provides carbon footprint values for more than 80 products
Perstorp is aligning with the new industry standard for product carbon footprint (PCF), developed by the industrial initiative Together for Sustainability.
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Hempel publishes statement on Russian business activities
Coatings manufacturer Hempel has published a statement that company products had been indirectly delivered to the construction of the Kerch Strait bridge, Simferopol Airport on Crimea and some Russian...
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BASF to build new Neopentyl Glycol plant
BASF will invest in a new world-scale Neopentyl Glycol (NPG) plant with an annual production capacity of 80,000 metric tons at its new Zhanjiang Verbund site, China.
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Sherwin-Williams to acquire Italian wood coatings company
The Sherwin-Williams Company has announced an agreement to acquire Industria Chimica Adriatica (ICA), an Italian designer, manufacturer and distributor of industrial wood coatings used for kitchen cabinets,...
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Mipa Group takes over WB Coatings
Mipa will take over the business operations of Warnecke & Böhm on 01.01.2023 and will continue the WB Coatings brand. The product range and customer relations of Warnecke & Böhm are to be organised...
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PCG completes acquisition of Perstorp
Perstorp has announced that it has been acquired by Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG), integrated chemicals provider from Malaysia and part of Petronas Group, on 11 October 2022.
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Bodo Möller Chemie takes over General Adhesivos
With the takeover of the Spanish distributor General Adhesivos, the Bodo Möller Chemie Group further expands its business in Spain and Portugal and adds another adhesives laboratory.