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Bodo Möller Chemie wants to strengthen its market presence in the MEA region
Bodo Möller Chemie Middle East wants to strengthen its market presence and growth in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. To this end, the management structure will be reorganised from 2025.
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BASF opens new production line for water-based dispersions
BASF opens new production line for water-based dispersions.
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MC-Bauchemie founds new company in Canada
On April 30, 2024, MC-Bauchemie founded a new company in Canada based in Newmarket, near Toronto, and is expanding its North American activities. Alexandre Mondrous has been appointed Managing Director...
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Interview: The coatings industry in transition – global expansion and local challenges
The paint manufacturer Peter Lacke is expanding its activities in Germany and India. Managing Director David N. Peter spoke to European Coatings Editor-in-Chief Damir Gagro about this.
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Grolman Group expands partnership with Oxerra
Grolman Group, a global distributor of specialty chemicals, is pleased to announce the expansion of its long-term and successful partnership with Oxerra, one of the world’s leading producers of iron...
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Chemetall celebrates the opening of a new global aluminum competence center in Italy
The Surface Treatment business unit of BASF's Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, today celebrated the opening of its new global aluminum competence center in Giussano, Italy.
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AkzoNobel completes expansion of its largest powder coatings plant
A major capacity expansion has been completed at AkzoNobel’s Powder Coatings site in Como, Italy, which will help secure supply to customers across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
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Krahn Chemie opens new subsidiary
Krahn Chemie is strengthening its presence in Central and Eastern Europe and expanding its business in this growth region. To this end, the company has founded a new subsidiary: Krahn Central & Eastern...
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Wacker plans new production site in the Czech Republic
Wacker intends to further expand its silicone specialties business and is reorganizing production in Europe for this purpose. A new production site for silicones is to be built in Karlovy Vary in the Czech...
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Altana expands its global presence in the effect pigments business
Strategic acquisition: Altana expands its global presence in the effect pigments business.
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Sika Opens Technology Centre in China
Sika has significantly expanded its research and development capacities in the Asia/Pacific region and opened a new Technology Centre in Suzhou, China.
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Vink Chemicals starts construction of a new plant
Vink Chemicals started construction of a new production facility in Schwerin. Around 45 new full-time jobs in various areas will be created at the site in Schwerin's Göhrener Tannen industrial estate....
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Coatmaster establishes Coatmaster Europe LLC in Germany
The Swiss measurement technology company Coatmaster announces the foundation of Coatmaster Europe LLC in Gottmadingen, Germany.
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Orion opens second plant in China
Specialty chemicals company Orion has celebrated the completion of its first greenfield project – a carbon black plant in eastern China that is intended to supply fast-growing demand in Asia.