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Wacker Chemie AG, the Munich-based chemical group, officially started construction on its HDK^® pyrogenic silica plant, which is located adjacent to WACKER’s Charleston, Tennessee, polysilicon plant.

The Valspar Corp., Minneapolis, has expanded production capacity of its automotive refinish coatings products at U.S.-based manufacturing facilities.

IMCD N.V., a specialty chemicals distributor headquartered in the Netherlands, has signed an agreement to acquire the specialty chemicals distribution business of Bossco Industries Inc.

Cabot Corp. has committed to build a new fumed silica plant in Carrollton, Kentucky.

The global chemical company Oxea has successfully concluded an upgrade of its carboxylic acids production facility in Oberhausen, Germany.

Axalta Coating Systems announced the growth of its Global Services Center in Asturias, Spain.

The Dow Chemical Co. signed two agreements to advance the company’s strategic agenda in Saudi Arabia, which will bring leading-edge technologies that support Saudi’s Vision 2030 economic diversification and advanced manufacturing development plan.

AkzoNobel has officially opened its €11 million powder coatings facility in Chengdu, western China.

Axalta Coating Systems has entered an agreement to acquire the Spencer Coatings Group, a manufacturer of high-performance industrial coatings for heavy-duty equipment, general industrial, oil and gas, and glass coatings segments.

AkzoNobel has opened a Performance Coatings production facility in Santo André, Brazil, which will enable the company to be more agile in responding to local customer needs and regional market demands.