Dr. Matthias L. Wolfgruber, Chairman of the Management Board of ALTANA AG, and Frank Bannert, District Administrator of the Saalekreis region, visited BYK Kometra in Schkopau, Germany, for the opening ceremony of the new production building.
AkzoNobel, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is boosting capacity at one of its U.S. sites in order to meet increasing demand from the semiconductor industry, particularly for the production of light emitting diodes (LEDs).
In response to growing demand, PPG Industries is increasing its precipitated silica production capacity at the Lake Charles, LA, manufacturing location by more than 22,000 tons per year.
Chemical manufacturer Oxea announced that it has once again expanded its production capacity for carboxylic acids within only a very short period of time.
CIN, the leading paint and varnish company on the Iberian Peninsula, unveiled plans to invest EUR 12 million to increase the manufacturing capacity of its plant in Maia, Portugal, which produces powder coatings for the industrial sector.
Arkema has brought on stream, several weeks ahead of schedule, a 50 percent increase in its fluorinated polymer production capacity at its Changshu, China, site.