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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...

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Michelman opens sustainability center in Shanghai

Michelman celebrates the opening of its new sustainabilty center in Shanghai.

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IMCD opens a coatings application laboratory in Turkey

IMCD announces the expansion of its technical capabilities with the addition of a new coatings application laboratory in Istanbul, Turkey.

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BASF to partner with Adani to evaluate investment in acrylics value chain in India

BASF SE, headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Adani Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate a major joint investment in the acrylics value chain. This would be BASF’s...

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Rust-Oleum opens floor coating manufacturing facility in Minnesota

Rust-Oleum are marking the opening of a new 110,000 square foot floor coating manufacturing facility in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.

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BASF and Guangdong provincial government sign framework agreement for Verbund site in China

Martin Brudermüller, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, and Lin Shaochun, Deputy Governor of Guangdong Province, signed a more detailed framework agreement in Ludwigshafen for the...

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Ineos Styrolution invests in ASA capacity in the Americas

Ineos Styrolution announced the final investment decision to construct a new 100kt capacity ASA plant at its site in Bayport, Texas.

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Interview: “The Innovation Center will serve as our global R&D hub“

In November, Axalta Coating Systems unveiled the largest coatings research and development center in the world in Philadelphia. We spoke to Barry Snyder, SVP ...

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MC-Bauchemie acquires majority of a company in Ethiopia

By the end of November 2018, an entity of the MC-Bauchemie Group acquired the majority of shares in Licon Manufacturing PLC, a manufacturer of plasters and ...

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Sudarshan opens application development lab in Europe

Growth at the Evonik site in Krefeld: the Indian pigment manufacturer starts to operate the first application development lab outside of India.

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Wolftechnik completes new company building

Wolftechnik Filtersysteme has completed its new company building with office tract and high bay warehouse in Weil der Stadt, Germany.