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Axalta expands its liquid coatings production facility in North America

Axalta announces a 30,000 square foot expansion of its Jacksonville, Texas, production facility.

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Interview: “The Ghent area gives us access to top talents“

Eastman has opened a new R&D centre at its production site in Ghent, Belgium. We spoke to Dr Deep Bhattacharya, Technology Director for Coatings of Eastman...

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BASF invests in surface treatment site in China

The Surface Treatment global business unit of the Coatings division of BASF, operating under the Chemetall brand, invests in a surface treatment site in the...

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Covestro strengthens its global film production

Covestro intends to significantly expand its global film production to meet the growing demand in all regions. The total investment of more than 100 million ...

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Lanxess strengthens development for aqueous polyurethane dispersions

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess will open a new applications development and technical services (AD & TS) laboratory for polyurethane dispersions (PUDs)...

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BASF investigates establishment of second Verbund site in China

BASF is investigating the possibility of building a highly-integrated "Verbund” chemical production site in the South Chinese province of Guangdong.

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Sanitized AG founds new company

Sanitized AG is pooling together its longstanding expertise in the area of antimicrobials for paints and coatings into a single company, the newly founded Sanitized...

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Akzo Nobel strengthens African presence with new facility in Kenya

Akzo Nobel has opened a new coatings production facility in Kenya. Located in the capital, Nairobi, the long-term plan is to expand further and use Kenya as a ...

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Siegwerk launches webshop for sheetfed products

With the launch of the e-commerce platform for sheetfed offset inks, the printing ink manufacturer is offering customers a digital channel for simplified order ...

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Ligno Tech Florida plant officially opened

In June Ligno Tech Florida’s new lignin plant in Fernandina Beach was officially opened.

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Bismuth vanadate pigments: BASF increases prices and extends production capacities

BASF will increase prices for bismuth vanadate pigments and preparations based on this chemistry. The production capacity for effect pigments will be extended...

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Ineos Styrolution invests in Wingles, France

Ineos Styrolution announces plans for a significant investment into its Wingles, France, site to attend the market growth for ABS in Europe.

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Clariant inaugurates new additives production facilities in China

Clariant has opened two new, fully-owned additives facilities at its site in Zhenjiang, China. This completes a multi-million EUR investment originally announced...

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Dow to make phased expansions of global glycol ethers capacity

The Dow Chemical Company announced a series of phased, incremental investments to expand its global glycol ethers capacity to meet increasing demand in key ...