Evonik Industries, one of the world's leading suppliers of methacrylate chemistry products, doubled its production capacities for VISIOMER^® MAAH (methacrylic anhydride) at its site in Worms, Germany, in 2015.

The Lubrizol Corp.'s Performance Coatings business announced the addition of new hyperdispersant capacity at its Huddersfield, UK, facility.

BASF is expanding its production capacity for about 20 specialty amines at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

AkzoNobel has joined SEAFRONT (Synergistic Fouling Control Technologies), a project within the Seventh Framework Program of the European Commission, to develop environmentally friendly fouling-control coatings for boats, ships, tidal power plants and other aquatic installations.

AkzoNobel Specialty Finishes has opened a new Design Center in Offenbach, Germany, the business’ fourth specialist facility.

Janssen PMP, a division of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, announced that its active substance ECONEA^® is recommended for inclusion into Annex I of the EU Biocidal Products Directive (BPD) 98/8/EC for Product Type 21: Antifouling Products.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant has completed Phase 2 of REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemicals) with the registration of 255 different chemical substances.

Gelest Inc., Morrisville, PA, has extended its reach into Europe through the acquisition of a warehouse and logistics center located in Industriepark Griesheim, Frankfurt, Germany.

In 2012, the Council of Europe (CoE) Parliamentary Assembly began the first steps towards nanotechnology regulation with a view to respecting scientific precautionary principles.

The chemical company Oxea has mechanically completed its new carboxylic acids plant in Oberhausen, Germany.