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Interview: “We have and will further invest in our plants”
BASF has ramped up its activities in the additives business. Gops Pillay, President, Dispersions & Pigments, sees solid market growth over the coming five to ten years. The chemical producer has therefore...
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BASF Spain inaugurates its renovated refinish competence centre
The refinish competence centre at BASF Spain in Marchamalo (Guadalajara) is dedicated to teaching body shop technicians, distributors and large automotive companies, all of them customers in Spain and...
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Axalta invests in Landshut, Germany, facility for bonded metallic powder coatings
Axalta announced the expansion of its Landshut, Germany, site, creating a second production facility in the region for bonded metallic powder coatings alongside Axalta’s Montbrison plant in France.
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Akzo Nobel to boost investment in Changzhou powder coatings plant
Akzo Nobel has announced plans to add three new production lines at its Changzhou powder coatings plant in China – the company’s largest facility of its kind in the world.
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BASF launches production line for the functionalisation of films
A film coating plant has been put into operation at BASF's Münster site in Germany.
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Sanitized Preservation AG opens subsidiary in India
Swiss company Sanitized Preservation AG, which specializes in antimicrobial protection of paints and coatings, will open a new subsidiary in India.
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Axalta announces growth strategy for its powder coating business in China
Axalta's new growth strategy is supposed to position the company to more effectively unlock value in the high-end Chinese powder coatings market in the next three years.
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Evonik expands fumed silica capacity
Evonik has started up on schedule its new plant complex in Antwerp for production of fumed silica.
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Flint Group Packaging opens facility in South Africa
Flint Group is designated to strengthen position in the packaging inks segment with the opening of its new facility in Westmead, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.
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BASF doubles production capacity for adhesive raw material
BASF has doubled its manufacturing capacity for UV acrylic hotmelts by building a second production facility at the Ludwigshafen site in Germany.
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Axalta is planning to build a new facility in the Netherlands
Axalta has signed an agreement to develop a new, state-of-the-art facility in the Netherlands for its Dutch refinish business.
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Nouryon completes expandable microspheres expansion in Sweden
Nouryon has completed a EUR 20 million project at Sundsvall, Sweden that significantly raises production capacity for its expandable microspheres.
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Devine Chemicals expands portfolio by launching first range of pigments
Devine Chemicals, a UK-based speciality chemicals distributor and manufacturer, has launched its first range of pigments.
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SurTec inaugurates new production site in Vietnam
SurTec inaugurated a new production site in Vietnam. The site in Ho Chi Minh City, which has been part of the SurTec Group since 2009, now has a state-of-the-art production facility.