Nouryon recently announced it has started production at a new manufacturing facility located at its site in Ningbo, China, to meet increasing demand in the Asia region for polymers used in the packaging, paints and coatings, and construction industries.

Solvay recently completed the installation of its new thermoplastic composites (TPC) manufacturing facility at its Greenville, South Carolina, site.

Evonik’s Coating Additives business line has taken another step to improve the supply situation by increasing the production capacity of several critical additives.

Nouryon announced plans to build a new production facility to meet the increasing global demand for innovative and sustainable additives for the rapidly growing paints and coatings end-market.

Huntsman Corp. recently announced that its Performance Products division plans to further expand its manufacturing facility in Petfurdo, Hungary, to meet the growing demand for polyurethane catalysts and specialty amines.

Continuing its global manufacturing expansion plan, NatureWorks has obtained final authorization from its parent companies to build a new Ingeo™ PLA manufacturing complex in Thailand.

SI Group, a leading performance additives company, recently announced plans to increase resole production capacities at its facilities in Rotterdam Junction, New York, and Lote, India.

Pilot Chemical Co. is taking steps to increase production capacity of its differentiated product lines to allow for future demand increases.

PPG recently announced that it is currently adding capacity for the production of overvarnish coatings for beverage can exteriors, including PPG ISENSE™ Gloss coatings, at its Delaware, Ohio, plant.

The Aditya Birla Group – Advance Material business, a leading manufacturer of epoxy resin, announced plans to increase capacity through a brownfield expansion at its site in Vilayat, Gujarat, India.