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Altana opens new digital Byk laboratory
Altana's Byk business unit wants to set new standards in specialty chemicals at its Wesel (Germany) site with a new type of digital laboratory. The self-sufficient building on Abelstraße was constructed...
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Wacker opens regional innovation center in the USA
Wacker has opened a new regional innovation center based in Michigan, USA. The research campus is part of the company’s growth campaign announced at the end of March.
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PPG opens new laboratory in Milan
PPG has opened a new architectural paint and coatings colour automation laboratory in Milan, Italy. The USD 2.1 million (EUR 2 million) facility is intended to significantly increase the speed of developing...
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Avery Dennison to invest in capacity expansion
Avery Dennison is about to invest more than EUR 60 million in capacity expansion and manufacturing efficiency in Europe.
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Plantag Coatings increases capacities
Plantag Coatings, based in Detmold (Germany), has purchased a further plot of land with corresponding buildings in the direct vicinity of its own company premises. Among other things, a new production...
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PPG to build “Aerospace Application Support Center” in France
PPG has announced that it will invest USD 17 million (ca. EUR 16,12 million) to build an aerospace application support center (ASC) in Toulouse, France.
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Dow expands alkoxylation capacity
Dow has announced plans to expand its global alkoxylation capacity in the U.S. and Europe to meet increasing demand across a wide range of fast-growing end-markets.
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Imerys expands its Alabama facility
Imerys has announced a new capacity expansion and optimisation investment in the Sylacauga (Alabama) plant, the Group’s largest site in North America.
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Adler announces extensive investments
Austrian coatings manufacturer Adler announces investments of around EUR 100 million for its Schwaz site. The company speaks of the "Factory of the Future" project.
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Brenntag opens Innovation Center at its site in Duisburg
Brenntag has opened a new Innovation Center at its site in Duisburg, Germany. It is the first application center for the Coatings, Adhesives and Construction industries in Germany and the seventh in Brenntag's...
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Evonik opens technology centre in Brazil
Evonik has opened its new Applied Technology Center (ATC) in Brazil. According to the company, it was designed to support the development of modern, innovative and essential solutions.
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PPG opens powder coatings center in Milan
PPG has opened its new "European Central Powder Coatings Research and Development" Center in Milan, Italy.
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BASF opens new laboratory building
BASF opened a new laboratory building for the development of automotive refinish coatings and innovations beyond paint at its site in Münster, Germany.
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BASF builds new plant for alkylethanolamines
BASF builds a new world-scale production plant for alkylethanolamines at the Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium.