Expansion

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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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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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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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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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ASK Chemicals inaugurates new plant in Mexico

ASK Chemicals has celebrated the opening of its new  production facility in El Carmen near Monterrey, Mexico. The new site will produce high-performance binders and coatings for the Mexican market.

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Viton opens new production plant

Viton has opened a modern highly automated production plant in the Czech Republic.

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Merck: New facility for digital colour measurement of pigment products

Merck has commissioned its first fully automated unit for the digital colour measurement of its pigment products. The unit was commissioned in Gernsheim, Germany, the company’s largest pigments production...

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Akzo Nobel on schedule with largest warehousing base in China

A huge logistics hub which is set to become Akzo Nobel’s largest warehousing base in China is on course to be completed by the middle of 2023.

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Toyo Ink to double laminating adhesives production capacity in Asia

Toyo Ink has announced plans to double the laminating adhesives production capacity from the current level at its Malaysia-based subsidiary Toyochem Specialty Chemical.

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Diamant Polymer: New company headquarters

Diamant Polymer has celebrated the inauguration of a new company headquarters in Mönchengladbach, Germany. According to the company's own information, the move multiplies its production capacities.

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Teknos continues Asia expansion

Teknos Group Oy ha announced the opening of its new "Commercial and Competence Centre" with a technical application laboratory, training, and warehouse facilities in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam.

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BASF Zhanjiang Verbund site: Inauguration of the first plant

BASF has inaugurated the first plant of its new Zhanjiang Verbund site in the province Guangdong in South China.

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DAW opens a new distribution centre at the Ober-Ramstadt site

Construction work on a state-of-the-art logistics centre including a high-bay warehouse had begun in April 2020, and it was now officially inaugurated on 1 September 2022.

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Lehvoss Group Strengthening of activities in China

With the founding of a branch in Shenzhen, China, the Lehvoss Group has further expanded its presence in one of the world's most important high-tech regions.