Completion of the expansion project is expected in 2023.
November 5, 2021
MAPEI Inc. recently announced the expansion of its Laval, Quebec, Canada, facility with a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 50,750-sq-ft (4 715-m²) powder production plant and distribution facility.
The plant will produce fumed silica marketed under the AEROSIL brand name.
October 19, 2021
The joint venture between Evonik and Wynca, Evonik Wynca (Zhenjiang) Silicon Material Co., Ltd., recently held an opening ceremony for a new fumed silica plant located in the Zhenjiang New Material Industry Park in Jiangsu province, China.
The new facility will support demand in Asia for advanced bio-circular materials.
October 14, 2021
In parallel with its project to increase global capacity of bio-based polyamide 11 by 50% in Singapore, Arkema has announced the construction of a polyamide 11 powders plant on its Changshu platform in China.
The new site in North Carolina will be Scott Bader’s second North American manufacturing site.
October 13, 2021
Scott Bader recently announced that it has acquired a new facility in North Carolina as it strives to meet growing domestic and global demand for its structural adhesives and gelcoats.
Subject to approval by Dow’s board of directors and various regulatory agencies, the investment would decarbonize approximately 20% of Dow’s global ethylene capacity while growing polyethylene supply by about 15%.
October 12, 2021
Dow recently announced its plan to build what it calls the world’s first net-zero carbon emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site, with respect to scope 1 and 2 carbon dioxide emissions.
The 8,000-sq-ft site expansion will help alleviate supply chain pressure.
October 6, 2021
DuPont recently celebrated the inauguration of new medical elastomers mixers at its Healthcare Industries Materials Site (HIMS) in Hemlock, Mich., with a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The plant expands the company’s capacity for the assembly of optomechanical systems and components for the semiconductor industry.
October 5, 2021
Excelitas Technologies Corp. recently announced that it has opened a new plant for its German subsidiary, Qioptiq Photonics GmbH & Co. KG, in Göttingen, Germany.