Adhesive Applications has expanded its laboratory capabilities, including new product testing equipment, and added technical staff members.

Following the successful capacity increase of its syngas production facility in Bay City, TX, the chemical company Oxea is in the last stages of a feasibility study of additional downstream plant expansion projects.

The Valspar Corp. announced plans to expand its research and development campus and renovate its former headquarters building, located in downtown Minneapolis.

The specialty chemicals group LANXESS is upgrading its water treatment capacities for the production of inorganic pigments.

BASF has opened its first production plant for dispersions in South Africa located at Umbogintwini Industrial Complex in Durban.

Testing company Exova will invest £3 million in creating a new corrosion center to serve increasing global demand.

FORTECH Products Inc., a provider of corrosion-resistant coatings, metal-forming lubricants and contract packaging services for the auto industry, is expanding its production, laboratory and office facilities in Michigan.

Cabot Corp., a manufacturer of aqueous inkjet pigment dispersions, has completed a $10 million capacity expansion project at its Haverhill, MA, inkjet facility.

WACKER, the Munich-based chemical company, has expanded the service portfolio at its technical center in Singapore.