Ferro Corp., Mayfield Heights, Ohio, is expanding its production facility in Girardota, Colombia, to meet increasing global demand for its ultramarine blue and micronized iron oxide pigments.
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.
INX International Ink Co. has reached an agreement to purchase Creative Industria e Comercio Ltda., a leading printing ink manufacturer in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Donaldson Co. Inc., a manufacturer of filtration systems and parts with headquarters in Bloomington, MN, has opened its fourth distribution center in Latin America.
Sun Chemical Group Coöperatief UA has purchased the remaining shares held by Inversiones Mundial (Grupo Mundial) in their Colombian joint venture companies Tintas SA and Sinclair SA.
Sun Chemical Performance Pigments has opened a new manufacturing facility for pigment dispersions and on-site technical service labs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.