The Surface Treatment business unit of the Coatings division of BASF, operating under the Chemetall brand, is investing in a surface treatment site in the Dushan Port Economic Development Zone of Pinghu, Zhejiang province, China.

Private equity firm Aterian Investment Partners announced that one of its affiliates has acquired Pioneer Metal Finishing LLC.

The surface treatment global business unit of BASF's Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, has opened a new laboratory at its 38,700-square-foot manufacturing and office facility in Queretaro, Mexico.

BASF has completed its acquisition of Albermarle’s global surface treatment business, Chemetall.

The inaugural Surface Technology North America 2016, one of five industrial technology events co-located at IMTS from September 12–17, 2016, at McCormick Place in Chicago, will cover the entire spectrum of surface treatments and coatings.