Coatings additives supplier BYK has completed the expansion of its Shanghai integrated site, its second production facility in China following BYK Tongling. The site is designed for an annual capacity of 4,750 tons. 

Evonik is integrating its alkoxides business into the catalysts business line. The extensive portfolio of heterogeneous catalysts is thus now complemented by homogeneous catalysts.

The company has completed a strategic review of its production footprint in Germany. As a result of this review, Teknos has decided not to proceed with a new factory in Steinau an der Straße, Germany, and plans to cease operations in Fulda, Germany.

Arkema invested in the Navi Mumbai facility in early 2019 to expand the geographic coverage of its high-performance, more sustainable, low-VOC products, and to support its customers' demands. The site includes a manufacturing unit and a laboratory to provide application development and technical support in the region.

This site was taken over in 2019 with the acquisition of Quimisa. Products handled at the facility include inorganic acids, caustics, liquid fertilizers, peroxides, and salts that serve the metalworking, agriculture, dairy, industrial cleaning, starch production, and coatings industries.

The new center serves as the primary shipping facility within the United Kingdom for the company’s cleaning fluids and tools. The new facility will provide access to thousands of SKUs, as well as product staging, kitting, and packing capabilities. It will also serve as the MicroCare U.K. Ltd. office headquarters.

Nouryon says the acquired plant – in Jurong Island, Singapore – will enhance the company’s ability to serve growing regional customer demand in key end markets, including paints and coatings, agriculture and food, home and personal care, and natural resources.

ASK Chemicals says the new production facility serves the growing demand for solutions to drive forward decarbonization in the region. The company says a key pillar in its strategy to address the growing needs for environmentally friendly, zero-emission products is to accelerate the go-to-market of its inorganic binder technology.

The new site offers a comprehensive portfolio of applied surface treatment products and solutions to various market segments, including but not limited to automotive OEM and components, coil, general industry, cold forming, aerospace, aluminum finishing, and glass.

The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF’s coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, has opened its first regional innovation and technology center for applied surface treatment technology in Shanghai, China.