Stahl opened its first Center of Excellence for Powder Coatings in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.

PPG held a ceremony marking the completion of a new $10 million coatings center of excellence at its existing complex in Tianjin, China.

The Lubrizol Corp.'s Performance Coatings business announced an expansion at one of its European Formulations & Applications Centers of Excellence in Blackley, UK.

The Lubrizol Corp.'s Performance Coatings business is forming a new global Center of Excellence at its Ritterhude, Germany, facility, centralizing the research, testing, and production of surface-modifier technology for coatings and inks.