Perstorp is investing in extended capacity for polyalcohol neopentyl glycol by establishing production at the group’s manufacturing site in Zibo, China.
DSM Advanced Surfaces has signed license and supply agreements with Interfloat Corp., a solar glass producer, opening the way for Interfloat to start producing cover glass for solar modules coated with KhepriCoat™, a high-transmission/anti-reflective coating from DSM Advanced Surfaces.
BASF is planning to invest in a dispersions plant in Durban, South Africa. The new plant will produce acrylic dispersions mainly for the coatings and construction industries.
Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group, a provider of agricultural chemicals and organic silicon products, announced the planned expansion of manufacturing capacity by their joint-venture company, Zhejiang Xinan Momentive Performance Materials Co. Ltd.
AkzoNobel has announced its intention to acquire coatings manufacturer Schramm Holding AG and the coatings activities operated by Schramm's largest shareholder, Korean company SSCP.
Valspar Paint announced the debut of Valspar Plus®, the first paint certified asthma and allergy friendly™ by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA).
Evonik Industries signed a contract on the sale of its business in acrylate-based plastic additives and plastisols, including two production plants in Wesseling, Germany.