Axalta Coating Systems has been certified as a Premium Partner by Mercedes-Benz aftermarket in China.

Wacker Chemie AG is building a new pilot reactor for testing vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its site in Nanjing, China.

PPG Industries has launched the PPG University Talent Power Program at the East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) in Shanghai.

Axalta Coating Systems has commenced construction of its Asia Pacific Technology Center (APTC) that will develop coating technologies designed to provide customers in China and the greater Asia-Pacific region with the best and latest products and services.

Michelman has opened an online store on Alibaba, a business-to-business e-commerce platform designed specifically for the Chinese market.

ANGUS Chemical Co. announced the grand opening of new Customer Application Centers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Shanghai, China.

Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (Orion) and Evonik Industries AG (Evonik) announced agreements on transactions where Orion will acquire Evonik’s 52 percent stake as well as Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH’s (DEG) 15 percent stake in Qingdao Evonik Chemical Co. Ltd. (QECC).

Mike Horton, President of PPG Industries’ Asia Pacific region, was honored by the Shanghai Municipal Government with the Magnolia Memorial Award for his contributions to the city.

Axalta Coating Systems announced that Steve Markevich has been promoted to the position of Executive Vice President.

The Beautiful China Environment Forum, an environmental protection event organized by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China, the China Forum of Environmental Journalists and C-SR.net, successfully held its third meeting of 2015 in Qingdao recently.