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Safic-Alcan acquires Langley-Smith & Company

Safic-Alcan UK has acquired Langley-Smith & Company. Founded in 1907, the specialty chemicals distributor specialises in paints and coatings, among other things.

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Nouryon to double organic peroxides capacity in Mexico

Nouryon increases its production capacity for solvent-based organic peroxides in Mexico. The expansion shall be completed by the second quarter of 2020.

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Pietro Carini changes its name to Krahn Italia

The Italian Krahn Chemie subsidiary Pietro Carini S.p.A. now operates under the name Krahn Italia S.p.A.

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Perstorp starts up capacity expansion for pentaerythritol

In May 2019, Perstorp plans to increase the pentaerythritol capacity at its Arnsberg site.

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Toyo Ink Group to open sales office in Morocco

The Toyo Ink Group intends to open a sales office on the African continent to develop business opportunities for a wide range of group products.

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Nouryon to invest in new US plant for expandable microspheres

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has selected a location in the US for a world-scale polymerisation plant for its expandable microspheres.

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BASF opens new centres in Asia-Pacific

BASF opens a new regional Automotive Application Center and a new research and development center for process catalysts at its Shanghai site.

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Nouryon completes colloidal silica expansion in Sweden

Nouryon (formerly Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals) has raised production capacity for surface-modified colloidal silica at its Bohus site in Sweden.

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Sartomer invests in in-house EB labs

Sartomer invests in in-house EB labs for developing advanced electron beam curing solutions.

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DCC expands its organic manufacturing capacity

Dominion Colour Corporation (DCC) is installing a new production line for the manufacture of organic pigments which will increase the capacity by more than 50%.

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Grace expands colloidal silica manufacturing in Germany

W. R. Grace & Co. has begun construction of a new colloidal silica plant at its European flagship manufacturing and R&D center in Worms, Germany.

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Axalta opens new multi-functional facility in Sydney

Axalta officially opened its new Australia and New Zealand regional multi-functional facility including a distribution Warehouse, a service center, and a customer training facility.

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Evonik more than doubles venture capital to accelerate innovation

Evonik has launched its second venture capital fund with a volume of EUR 150 million, more than doubling the amount under management to EUR 250 million.

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Evonik’s new polyamide 12 complex fully on schedule

Evonik has completed the conceptual and basic engineering phase for building its new polyamide 12 (PA12) production complex on schedule by the end of the past year and has now entered the project implementation...