Temple Economic Development Corp. (Temple EDC) announced that PPG will invest $9 million to expand an existing product line at its Temple, Texas, facility pending final negotiations with Temple EDC, the City of Temple, and Bell County.
Covestro recently announced that it has broken ground on two new plants in Shanghai to meet the rising demand for polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) and elastomers.
MAPEI Corp. recently announced its acquisition of a new 200,000-sq-ft (18,581-m2) facility in Houston, Texas, that is designed for the manufacturing of powders and liquid admixtures.
Sika recently announced that it has opened a new plant in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, thus doubling its production capacity for mortar and concrete admixtures in Bolivia.
Henkel recently announced the opening of its Application Center in Santa Clara, Calif., which is designed to support product development for the company’s high-tech customers in the Silicon Valley region.