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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.

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BASF inaugurates its largest surface treatment site

The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF’s Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, has celebrated the inauguration of its state-of-the-art surface treatment production site...

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Asian Paints to set up new manufacturing facility in India

Aian Paints has approved the setting up of a manufacturing facility for Vinyl Acetate Ethylene Emulsion (VAE) and Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) in India.

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Sherwin-Williams to expand architectural coatings facilities

Sherwin-Williams has announced facility upgrades that are intended to significantly expand the annual manufacturing capacity for the company's architectural paint and coatings products.

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Allnex opens new R&D center in Werndorf

Allnex has announced a multi-million-euro investment into a new, state-of-the-art Research and Development center, which is located in Werndorf, Austria and the modernisation and expansion of production...