DSM Resins U.S. formally opened expanded production facilities and technical-service laboratories.

DSM Resins U.S. Inc., Augusta, GA, formally opened expanded production facilities and technical-service laboratories at the company’s Augusta powder-coatings manufacturing site. The company also announced the appointments of Tom Lewis as Technical Service manager for DSM Resins U.S. in North America and Shelton Fox as Technical Service specialist. Lewis has held technical service and development positions with PPG Industries Inc., BASF and ICI, and assumes responsibility for North American technical-service activities for polyester powder and liquid coating resins. Fox will focus on laboratory development activities at the expanded Augusta facility, the company said. DSM Coating Resins, based in Zwolle, the Netherlands, is a supplier of powder and liquid coating resins and operates plants in The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United States, Taiwan, and China.