Officials with U.S. Zinc announced that the company has begun implementation of a project to expand production at its Changshu, China, zinc oxide plant.
GCiS China Strategic Research estimates that the domestic market for metal surface treatment chemicals in China was valued at over RMB 16.4 billion, or $2.6 billion, at the end of 2014.
The merger of Henan Billions Chemicals Co. Ltd. (Henan Billions) and Sichuan Lomon Titanium Co. Ltd. (Lomon), two of China's largest TiO2 manufacturers, was announced on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on May 5.
Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has won the Green Repair Innovative Product Award from one of China’s leading automotive publications, Auto Maintenance & Repair Magazine.
WACKER, the Munich-based chemical group, posted annual sales of €1.22 billion in Greater China in 2014, indicating an increase of 14 percent compared with that of the previous year (€1.07 billion in 2013).
BASF’s Coatings Division has entered into a manufacturing agreement with Guangdong Yinfan Chemistry Co. Ltd. (Yinfan) in which Yinfan will manufacture automotive refinish coatings for BASF.
In a new market study, GCiS China Strategic Research estimates that the domestic market for hot melt adhesives in China is valued at over RMB 10.1 billion, or $1.6 billion, as of the end of 2014.
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.
