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AkzoNobel is further strengthening its African footprint after reaching an agreement with Kansai Paint to acquire its paints and coatings activities in the region. 

Specialty chemicals company LANXESS and private equity investor Advent International (Advent) are establishing a joint venture for high-performance engineering polymers. 

Birla Carbon recently announced an additional 200 kMT capacity expansion across key markets.

U.S.-based ship tank coating manufacturer Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has won a new deal to supply two new chemical tankers being built in Turkey.

Colonial Chemical Inc. held a groundbreaking earlier this year for a new specialty chemicals manufacturing plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. 

BASF has expanded its Automotive Coatings Application Center at the Coatings Technology Center in Mangalore, India. 

R.E. Carroll recently announced two new personnel appointments, naming a new Corporate Controller and an Operations Manager.

Over 150 senior decision makers from the UK's paints, coatings and printing ink sectors gathered in Birmingham for the annual British Coatings Federation (BCF) Annual Conference. 

In the face of on-going uncertainty in global PVDF (or polyvinylidene difluoride) supply chains, AkzoNobel has launched a campaign to help its partners navigate the changing PVDF landscape.

Specialty chemicals provider Orion Engineered Carbons announced that it will complete its gas black expansion in Germany at plants in Dortmund and Cologne by early 2023.