The new methyl methacrylate (MMA) plant will be constructed in Bay City, Texas. OQ Chemicals will supply the new plant with key raw materials, and provide site services and utilities to Röhm. 

Teknos Group Oy announced the opening of its new Commercial and Competence Center with technical application laboratory, training, and warehouse facilities in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam.

The increased capacity in Europe will shorten lead times, reduce shipping costs, and establish local supply for Extreme Coatings’ growing customer base throughout Europe.

To support demand for high-performance plasticizers, Polynt has started the process to install a new esterification plant for the production of special plasticizers, mainly trimellitates, at its site in Atlacomulco, Mexico.

The Polynt Group is expanding resin production capacity to serve the coatings market in North America.

AkzoNobel has invested in a new production line for water-based texture paints at its Songjiang site in Shanghai, China. 

American Colors Inc. announced plans to expand its facility in Sandusky, Ohio, with a 12,500-square-foot manufacturing addition. 

OCSiAl is launching a graphene nanotube synthesis facility near Belgrade, Serbia, in the first half of 2023. 

Quiminutri Especialidades Químicas, a subsidiary of the IGM Resins Group, has a new name: IGM Resins do Brasil. 

INEOS Acetyls has started a feasibility study into a world-scale acetic acid and derivatives plant on the Gulf Coast.