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Vibrantz Technologies to invest in capacity expansion

Vibrantz Technologies has announced an investment of around EUR 18,2 million to increase capacity of its patented sustainable tinting solution at its facility in Sittard, Netherlands.

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Siegwerk modernises “Center of Excellence” in France

Siegwerk has announced the successful completion of modernisation activities at its Annemasse site, the company’s second largest Center of Excellence for packaging inks and coatings in Europe.

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UV/EB: “Highest impact technology for more sustainable coatings“

Beckers is building a new sustainable innovation centre in the U.K. to help unlock the potential of future coil coating technologies such as UV/EB curing. Gavin Bown, CTO, and Eric Fouissac, President,...

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PPG opens “Color Creation Lab” in China

PPG has announced the opening of a "Color Creation Lab" in collaboration with automaker Chery Automobile.

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PPG invests EUR 41 million to boost global powder production

PPG has announced a USD 44 million (EUR 41 million) investment to upgrade five powder coating manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Latin America.

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IMCD opens new Coatings & Construction laboratory in Austria

IMCD has announced the opening of a new Coatings & Construction laboratory in Vienna, Austria. This facility will specialise in decorative paints and industrial coatings.

From left to right: Johann Milchram, Managing Director IMCD SEE, Piet van der Slikke, IMCD Chief Executive Officer, Frank Schneider, Director Coatings & Construction IMCD Group and Member of IMCD Group Executive Committee and Jerome Bollard, Technical Director Coatings & Construction IMCD Group
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IMCD opens new coatings and construction laboratory in Vienna

IMCD has inaugurated a new coatings and construction laboratory in Vienna, Austria, dedicated to advancing decorative paints and industrial coatings. This new facility aims to bolster IMCD's support for...

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Inauguration of Münzing’s production in Malaysia

On Mar 22, 2023, after a three-year project and construction period, the production plant for wax and polymer emulsions in Bukit Selambau Industrial Park, equipped with state-of-the-art technology, was...

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Evonik invests in Interface Polymers

Evonik has invested in the British company Interface Polymers. This company’s additives simplify the processing of plastics such as mixtures with polyethylene or polypropylene.

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Mipa invests in expanded storage capacities

Paint manufacturer Mipa is investing in the construction of a new dispatch hall and warehouse at its site in Landshut, Germany. The completion of the building is planned for spring 2023.

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Heubach Colorants India invests in renewable energy projects

Heubach Colorants India will be investing in renewable energy projects to power its sites in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.

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Crop Energies to build renewable ethyl acetate plant

Crop Energies will build a plant for the production of renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol. Foreseen location is the Zeitz Chemical and Industrial Park, Elsteraue, Germany.

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PCI doubles capacity in dispersion production

PCI Augsburg is doubling its dispersion production capacity with a new dispersion plant at the company's headquarters in Augsburg, Germany.

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Covestro starts production of Naphthylen-Diisocyanate in Thailand

Covestro has recently started up the production of Naphthylen-Diisocyanate (NDI) at a newly built plant in its Map Ta Phut site in Thailand.