Nouryon announced that the company plans to increase production capacity of its Expancel® expandable microspheres in China.

PPG recently announced an expansion of its coatings manufacturing capacity in Europe for packaging applications.

Nouryon has begun the engineering phase at its Expancel expandable microspheres plant in Wisconsin, moving one step closer to better serving its specialty additives customers in North America.

Ashland has opened a new architectural coatings technical service laboratory in Singapore.

Siegwerk, provider of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, announced the expansion of its Process Management & Consulting teams in Southeast Asia and India to further strengthen its customer service portfolio in the Asian market.

Axalta Coating Systems has completed the expansion of its waterborne coatings plant in Jiading, Shanghai, China.

Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd. announced the establishment of its new business entity in China, Songwon International-Qingdao Co. Ltd.

Asahi Kasei announced that in March of this year the company relocated the Asahi Kasei Europe R&D Center from Dormagen, Germany, to the location at Düsseldorf Harbor, Germany, where the company started office operations of Asahi Kasei Europe in November 2020.

The Shepherd Color Co. recently announced the opening of its new sales office in China, Shepherd Color (Shenzhen) Limited Co.

IFS announced that the company has broken ground on a new facility located next to its headquarters in Gainesville, Texas.