Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., announced plans to invest approximately $89 million over the next three years to expand specialty chemical production at its manufacturing facility in Hopewell, VA.
Asian Paints Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India to set up a manufacturing facility for paints and intermediates at Pudi Village, Rambilli Mandal, Vishakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh.
AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business recently broke ground on a new alkoxylation facility in Ningbo, China, bringing the company's total investment in the strategic multi-site to more than €400 million.
The production of key raw materials for Perstorp’s general-purpose PVC plasticizers, valeraldehyde and 2-propylheptanol, and associated chemicals at a major extension to the company’s main plant in Stenugsund, Sweden, has started up on time.
In order to accommodate the increasing demand for its micronized red iron oxides, Nubifer 5000 Series Reds, Nubiola has approved an investment to expand production capacity by around 10%.
Huntsman Corp. announced it will begin construction on a 25,000-ton capacity expansion program at its world-scale polyetheramine facility in Singapore in the first half of 2015, taking total capacity to 50,000 tons.
