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Arkema enhances powder coating resins capacity
Arkema has announced the doubling of its polyester resins capacity in its Navi Mumbai facility in India, reinforcing the Group’s position in the global powder coatings market.
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Nouryon expands global alkoxylation network
Nouryon has expanded its alkoxylation footprint in Southeast Asia through an asset purchase on Jurong Island, Singapore.
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MC-Bauchemie Malaysia opens new site
MC-Bauchemie (Malaysia) has celebrated the ceremonial grand opening of its new production site in Semenyih, around 40 km southeast of Kuala Lumpur, with customers and employees.
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Brenntag expands local presence in Massachusetts
Brenntag has opened a new production and warehouse facility in Upton, Massachusetts. This new 33,000-square feet facility solidifies the company's presence as chemicals distributor in the Northeast region...
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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.