Waldner: Ground-breaking for new powder coating plant

29-Nov-2024 - Investments at the site are continuing: Tuesday saw the ground-breaking for the future building of the new powder coating plant, which Waldner plans to put into operation in autumn 2025. A further step towards ultra-modern and sustainable production. The ground-breaking ceremony marks the start ...

BASF inaugurates new plant for alkyl ethanolamines at its Antwerp Verbund site

New plant helps to serve growing demand for this product portfolio

16-Sep-2024 - BASF has inaugurated a new world-scale production plant for alkyl ethanolamines at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. This new investment will increase the company’s global annual production capacity for alkyl ethanolamines, including dimethyl ethanolamine (DMEOA) and methyl diethanolamine ...

Silicone specialities: WACKER builds new production site in the Czech Republic

The investment volume is in the low triple-digit million-euro range

24-Jun-2024 - Wacker Chemie AG strengthens its focus on silicone specialties in Europe with the construction of a new production site. The chemical company, together with project partners and officials representing the city and the region, broke ground symbolically in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. From the end ...

Röhm expands production capacity of specialty molding compounds at Wallingford plant

One of several recent investments advancing Röhm’s growth strategy

12-Jun-2024 - To further strengthen the market position of its specialty molding compounds globally, Röhm has significantly expanded its production capacity at the Wallingford plant in Connecticut (USA) in June 2024. The innovative improvement was possible by modifying and redeploying an existing production ...

DOMO Chemicals responds to surging demand in China with its new TECHNYL polyamide production plant

01-May-2024 - DOMO Chemicals proudly inaugurates its newest plant in Haiyan, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China. This significant milestone reinforces DOMO's determination to meet rising demand in the Chinese market for its TECHNYL® polyamide-based intelligent solutions. The €14 million (RMB 100 million) investment ...

BASF to build new fermentation plant for crop protection products in Ludwigshafen

Strengthening the portfolio of biological and biotechnology-based crop protection products

21-Mar-2024 - BASF invests a high double-digit million euro amount in a new fermentation plant for biological and biotechnology-based crop protection products at its Ludwigshafen site. The plant will manufacture products that bring value to farmers including biological fungicides and biological seed treatment. ...

AkzoNobel completes capacity expansion at Vietnam multi-site

The total investment amounts to €18.5 million

06-Mar-2024 - A major investment project has been completed at AkzoNobel’s production plant in Bac Ninh province near Hanoi in Vietnam, which will help to strengthen the company’s position in Asia and sharpen its focus on more sustainable manufacturing. Five new powder coating lines have been added at the ...

BYK Netherlands invests in new plant for solvent based wax dispersions

The new facility aims to start commercial production end 2026

16-Jan-2024 - BYK Additives starts 2024 with a significant investment at the Deventer site in the Netherlands. On January 11, 2024, BYK Netherlands B.V. celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new factory in Deventer, the Netherlands. The new production facility will manufacture ...

WACKER Plans New Production Site for Silicone Specialties in the Czech Republic

The investment volume is in the low triple-digit million euro range

15-Jan-2024 - Wacker Chemie AG plans to further expand its silicone specialties business and is reorganizing its production operations in Europe. A new production site for silicones is to be built in Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic. The main drivers of this expansion measure are megatrends such as ...

BASF started up expanded ethylene oxide and derivatives complex at its Verbund site in Antwerp

Investment exceeds €500 million

18-Oct-2023 - In line with its customer-focused corporate strategy, BASF has expanded capacities for ethylene oxide and ethylene oxide derivatives at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The investment adds about 400,000 metric tons per year to BASF's production capacity for the corresponding products. “With ...