Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd., the parent company of the Tokyo-based specialty materials manufacturer Toyo Ink Group, announced plans to double the laminating adhesives production capacity from the current level at its Malaysia-based subsidiary Toyochem Specialty Chemical Sdn. Bhd.

Henkel Korea has announced the completion of its Songdo Plant within the Songdo High-tech Industrial Cluster in Incheon, which will become the Asia-Pacific production hub for high-impact electronics solutions of the Adhesive Technologies business unit.

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.

DuPont celebrated the opening of its new DuPont™ Liveo™ Healthcare Solutions manufacturing facility.

BASF SE has given final approval for the construction of the planned Verbund site in Zhanjiang in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. 

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. 

Wacker recently announced that it has opened a new production site for silicones in Panagarh, India. 

PPG recently announced that it will increase manufacturing output to meet rising demand for its commercial aerospace aftermarket products. 

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. 

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