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Lanxess strengthens global production network for flame retardants

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess plans to strengthen its global asset base for flame retardant additives with investments of around EUR 200 million over the ...

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Coatings manufacturer Berger makes new major investments

Two new warehouses and logistics halls as well as a large technology centre for development and application technology are being built at the Grünstadt site. ...

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BASF and TGPM open Automotive Refinish Competence Center in China

Together with Guangdong TGPM Automotive Group Co. Ltd. (TGPM) has opened the Refinish Competence Center (RCC) BASF-TGPM in Foshan, Guangdong Province (China). ...

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Ashland completes expansion of HEC production in China

Ashland increases its production of hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) in Nanjing, China, by nearly 30 percent.

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Songwon expands in-house production in South Korea

Songwon increases the production of its liquid hydroxyphenyl triazine (HPT) UV absorber at its site in Suwon, South Korea.

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Remmers continues expansion course in Austria

Following the foundation of subsidiaries in Switzerland and Slovakia, Remmers Group is now strengthening its presence in Austria.

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Dow increases methyl cellulose production

Dow expands its Methyl Cellulose capacity in Germany to meet growing construction chemical demand.

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Akzo Nobel and PPG Industries strengthen their businesses with minor acquisitions

Akzo Nobel pursues its course on being a focused paint company and boosts its position in the decorative paints market. PPG strengthens its footprint in Europe ...

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Hempel opens new R&D Centre of Excellence in Barcelona

Coatings manufacturer Hempel officially opened its new competence center in Barcelona, Spain, at the end of November.

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Beckers opens new site in Nghe An/Vietnam

As of November 2018, Beckers opened a second manufacturing site in Vietnam.

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Perstorp announces production capacity increase for Di-Penta

Perstorp has increased capacity of di-pentaerythritol (Di-Penta) with 40% at its site in Perstorp, Sweden.

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Nanogate reorganises entire group

Nanogate SE is launching its new Nanogate Excellence International (NXI) program for the future. Its target is to increase sales to more than EUR 500 million and ...

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BASF presents platform for digital visualisation of automotive colors

BASF's Coatings division has created a digital platform that provides OEM designers with a database of photorealistic, virtual automotive colors.

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Altana acquires stake in Velox industrial digital printing company

The German specialty chemicals group Altana has acquired a stake in the Israeli industrial digital printing company Velox, thereby expanding its technology...