Nouryon announced it has started full-scale production at its new Expancel® expandable microspheres plant in Green Bay, Wisc. The new plant will serve specialty additives customers in North America in the packaging, construction, mining and automotive industries, as well as complement the company’s existing full-scale plant in Sundsvall, Sweden, and product expansion facilities in China and Brazil. Read More…

The Protech Group, developer and manufacturer of coatings, paints and specialty materials, has announced its acquisition of MF Paints Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of architectural paints and stains based in Laval, Quebec. Read More…

Dow and Evonik have announced the start-up and operation of a hydrogen peroxide to propylene glycol pilot plant at Evonik’s site in Hanau, Germany. Collaboratively developed by Dow-- — a producer of propylene glycol —and hydrogen peroxide manufacturer Evonik, the plant uses the HYPROSYN® method to enable the direct synthesis of propylene glycol from hydrogen peroxide and propylene. Read More…