AkzoNobel has invested more than $30 million to install advanced technologies and increase total manufacturing capacity at its four powder coatings sites in North America. According to the company the enhancements will help maximize the versality and long-term sustainability performance of its powder coatings portfolio. Read More…
BYK has announced it is constructing a laboratory building at its site in Wesel, Germany. Estimated at €25 million, the aim of the project, according to the company, is to generate new innovations together with customers and for customers in end-use labs. In addition, the new building, which will be heated and cooled with 100 percent renewable energy, will make integrated seminar and function rooms available for visits by customers. Read More…
Arkema received ISCC+ certification for its Villers-Saint-Paul site, France. The company says the site is the first UV-LED-EB curable resins manufacturing site in Europe to receive this certification and its Mass Balance approach allows it to offer a new range of Sartomer® bio-attributed solutions, reinforcing the already existing bio-segregated range containing up to 85% biobased content. Read More…
BASF has broken ground on a methyl glycols (MG) plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. Read More…
Univar Solutions Brasil Ltda., a subsidiary of Univar Solutions, has announced a distribution agreement with Arxada for a full range of biocides, preservatives, and performance additives used in industrial applications. According to the company, the agreement will strengthen Univar Solutions' product offerings in Brazil's paints, coatings, and lubricants markets by adding cost-effective and versatile antimicrobials and performance additives tailored to preservation and microbial control. Read More…
Perstorp has closed a deal to buy out its minority partner in the joint venture Shandong Perstorp Chemical Co., Ltd. (formerly Shandong Fufeng Perstorp Chemical Co., Ltd.), which owned and operated the polyol manufacturing operation at Site Zibo located in Shangdon province in China. Read More…
AkzoNobel has opened a €26 million manufacturing plant in Faisalabad, the company’s largest investment in Pakistan to date. Read More…
The Brazilian company WEG has announced an investment of R$100 million in its new industrial coatings factory in Mexico. Read More…
Cytek® Biosciences, Inc. has announced the opening of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Wuxi, China to increase the company's manufacturing capacity and meet the growing worldwide demand for comprehensive cell analysis solutions. Read More…
ACA's new U.S. Market Analysis for the Paint & Coatings Industry (2023–2028) offers quantitative and qualitative data analysis, with 5-year projections for sector and segment performance. Read More…