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Henkel further drives growth within global aerospace industry

The Adhesive Technologies business unit has started the construction of a new production facility for aerospace applications at the Henkel site in Montornès del ...

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Jotun invests in new R&D facility for passive fire protection coatings

Jotun is opening a new research and development centre at its site in Flixborough, United Kingdom. The EUR16.87 million facility will focus on passive fire ...

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Lanxess increases capacities for iron oxide pigments

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is expanding the capacity of its global production network to safeguard supply for iron oxide pigments in the long term.

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Chromaflo Technologies opens new manufacturing facility in India

Chromaflo Technologies Corp. has announced the inauguration of Chromaflo India’s new manufacturing facility.

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Hempel inaugurates new coatings factory in Kuwait

Hempel has inaugurated a new factory in Kuwait, which will meet the growing demand for marine, protective and decorative coatings and consolidate the company's ...

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Archroma opens Global Center of Excellence for Surface & Coating Technology

Archroma has officially inaugurated its new Global Center of Excellence for Surface & Coating Technology, which underlines the company’s ambition to bring...

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Heubach expands production capacity for anticorrosive pigments in the US

Heubach is constructing a production facility in the US for anticorrosive pigments which will expand the global production capacity by 4,000 tons.

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Orion Engineered Carbons expands carbon black capacity in Sweden

Orion Engineered Carbons S.A., a worldwide supplier of specialty and high-performance carbon black, has announced that it will expand production capacity at ...

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Akzo Nobel invests EUR12.6 million in innovation hub for protective coatings

Akzo Nobel is investing EUR12.6 million in a new research and innovation hub in the UK.

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Synthomer invests EUR20 million in dispersion plant in Germany

Synthomer, a leading supplier of waterborne dispersions and speciality polymers, will invest EUR20 million in its dispersion plant located in Worms, Germany.

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Byk inaugurates laboratory for application technology in Russia

Byk have celebrated – together with Homa, a manufacturer of dispersions and emulsions based in Dzerzhinsk, Russia – the opening of a laboratory for Byk’s...

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New Akzo Nobel site strengthens leading powder coatings position in China

Akzo Nobel has officially opened its EUR11 million powder coatings facility in Chengdu, Western China.

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Arkema upgrades acrylic acid facility in North America

Arkema is investing EUR85.76 million on its Clear Lake Texas site to replace existing acrylic acid production units with modern facilities using the latest available ...

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Vencorex adds new production capacities for monomers and derivatives

Vencorex has completed several industrial projects that include the expansion of monomer (HDI and IPDI) capacity in France, a new "Tolonate" derivatives unit ...