Solutia announced the expansion of production capabilities in Brazil for the company’s Alftalat polyester powder coatings resins.

Solutia Inc., St. Louis, announced the expansion of production capabilities in Brazil for the company’s Alftalat polyester powder coatings resins. The company said production capacity has been doubled at a facility originally opened in July 2000 at Suzano, Brazil. Solutia said its powder resins production unit and customer-support center is the largest such facility in South America, and supplies customers in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, and other countries in the region.