AkzoNobel announced plans to add three new production lines at its Changzhou powder coatings plant in China – the company's largest facility of its kind in the world.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. completed the de-bottlenecking of its world-scale Ultra High Purity Dicyclopentadiene (UHP-DCPD) Recovery Unit at its chemical plant in Beaumont, Texas.
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has completed a €4 million expansion at a facility in Mahad, India, which will increase organic peroxides production capacity at the site by 80%.
Arkema has successfully started up the 30% capacity extension of its photocure advanced liquid resin production plant in Nansha, located south of Canton, China.