Arkema reports that it is accelerating its development in China in order to meet demand from customers in the lithium-ion battery business and support growth in the water filtration, specialty coatings, and semiconductor sectors.
February 7, 2022
Arkema’s previously announced 35% fluoropolymer capacity increase at its Changshu site in China has been revised upward to a capacity increase of 50%.
GM reports that this is the single largest investment announcement in the company’s history.
February 1, 2022
General Motors Co. (GM) has announced an investment of more than $7 billion in four Michigan manufacturing sites to significantly increase battery cell and electric truck manufacturing capacity.
An investment at the company’s Serquigny site in France will increase production of the bio-circular Pebax Rnew and traditional Pebax ranges.
January 24, 2022
Arkema will increase its global manufacturing capacity for Pebax elastomers by approximately 25% through an investment at its Serquigny plant in France.
The expansion is aimed at meeting rapidly growing demand in the Indian market.
December 15, 2021
Sika recently announced that it is opening a new technology center and manufacturing plant for high-quality adhesives and sealants in Pune, a city in the federal state of Maharashtra, India.
The expansion is the company’s response to high demand in the region.
November 29, 2021
Sika has expanded its production capacity in the rapidly growing Chinese construction market with the opening of a new mortar production facility in Jiaxing City, in the province of Zhejiang in Eastern China.