The Valspar Corp., Minneapolis, has expanded production capacity of its automotive refinish coatings products at U.S.-based manufacturing facilities.

AkzoNobel has opened a Performance Coatings production facility in Santo André, Brazil, which will enable the company to be more agile in responding to local customer needs and regional market demands.

AGC Chemicals Americas, a supplier of fluorochemicals and materials, has enhanced its AsahiGuard^® Water & Oil Repellents testing lab in Exton, Pennsylvania.

In keeping with planned growth and expansion plans, Bruchsaler Farbenfabrik GmbH & Co KG, Bruchsal, Germany, has commissioned a new large-scale, dry pigment blending mixer and accompanying facility.

Evonik Industries is building a new production plant for specialty copolyesters at its Witten site in Germany.

Producers of surfactants and hard-surface cleaners around the world now have access to a major new supply of a highly cost-effective raw material, 2-propyl heptanol (2-PH).

Verdezyne Inc., a privately held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals, has reached an agreement with Bio-XCell Malaysia to construct Verdezyne’s first commercial-scale renewable chemicals manufacturing facility in Bio-XCell’s biotechnology and ecosystem park in Nusajaya, Iskandar, in southern Malaysia.

Charles Ross & Son Co.’s Vice President of Corporate Operations Joe Martorana announced that the mixer manufacturer’s India operations is undergoing another major expansion.

Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC) has expanded its corporate headquarters in Jonesboro, AR, with the recent opening of a 13,600-square-foot office facility for sales and administrative staff.

Whitford, Elverson, PA, a manufacturer of fluoropolymer coatings, has moved its UK facility to a larger property to accommodate the company’s growth and to provide room for continued expansion.