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PPG launches digital service platform in the USA

PPG announced the launch of their digitally-enabled service platform PPG Services to connect painters with multi-property commercial businesses.

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Groundbreaking ceremony of Evonik’s new complex in Marl

Specialty chemicals company Evonik has officially begun construction on its largest investment to date in Germany.

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BASF opens new research location

BASF has opened a new research laboratory for pigments in Besigheim, Germany.

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Evonik expands capacity for specialty alcohol ITDA

Evonik has expanded its production capacity for the high-purity C13 alcohol isotridecanol (ITDA) at the Marl Chemical Park.

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Huntsman opens new polyurethanes systems house in Dubai

Huntsman Corporation announced the opening of its new polyurethanes systems house in Dubai.

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Union Colours increases its EMEAI footprint and appoints new directors

Union Colours announced the opening of a new office in Eindhoven – The Netherlands. In addition, the company has appointed three new directors

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Sika commissions new mortar factory in Cameroon

Sika is further expanding its presence in West Africa and starting operations in a new facility for mortars in Cameroon.

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BASF starts construction of new surface treatment site in China

The Surface Treatment global business unit of the Coatings division of BASF, operating under the Chemetall brand, has started construction of its surface treatment site in the Dushan Port Economic Development...

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MC-Bauchemie celebrates opening of new production facility in Ghana

On 17 July, MC-Bauchemie Ghana celebrated the inauguration of a new production plant in the Ghanaian capital of Accra with 100 representatives from politics, industry and academia as well as customers...

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PPG announces new application support center (ASC) in Singapore

PPG announces a 13,5 million Euro investment in Singapore aerospace application support centre.

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Ineos Styrolution breaks ground for ASA plant in Texas

Ineos Styrolution announces that the company hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new 100tk ASA (acrylonitrile styrene acrylate) plant in Bayport, Texas.

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Rain Carbon begins commissioning process at new hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins facility in Germany

Rain Carbon, a global producer of carbon-based products, initiated the phased start-up of its hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins production facility in Castrop- Rauxel, Germany.

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IGM announces global expansion in photoinitiator manufacturing

IGM announces global expansion in photoinitiator manufacturing with a new Greenfield site in China and further upgrading of the Mortara, Italy site.

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Lanxess new high performance prepolymers production up and running in Brazil

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has started the production of high performance prepolymers at its site in Porto Feliz, Brazil.