Plant Expansions

Materials supplier Sabic says it intends to boost production capacity for its specialty Noryl SA9000 resin to support rapid growth of high-performance printed circuit boards (PCBs) used in 5G base stations and high-speed servers. It is anticipated that this latest expansion, which builds on 2019 increases, will nearly double regional production in…

To support rapid growth in surface protection applications, US materials supplier Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, says it has made a variety of investments in its thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) business globally. These investments extend the company’s capabilities in surface protection and paint protection film (PPF). PPFs are used to maintain…

Austrian machinery company Wittmann Group has acquired Austria-based auxiliary firm FarragTech, which is based in Wolfurt in the Vorarlberg region. Terms were not disclosed. For more than 25 years, FarragTech has been active in plant engineering for plastics processing in the auxiliary equipment sector, with one main focus within its…

Styrenics maker Ineos Styrolution plans to build a world-scale ABS plant in Ningbo, China, with a capacity of 600,000 tonnes/year. Construction is planned to start later this year with completion expected in 2023. The new production site will be adjacent to the recently acquired polystyrene (PS) plant in Ningbo. Less…

With a population of over 1.37 billion, the second largest in the world next to China, India is the seventh largest economic power in the world with GDP of approximately US$2.72 trillion. It is for this reason that companies are pumping up investments in the country. German chemicals firm BASF plans to…

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI), the global leader in automotive interiors, has opened its new plant in the Šumadija district, Serbia. As a new employer in the region, the company is looking to recruit up to 800 new employees over the next few years. “With this new plant in Serbia, we…

German chemicals firm BASF has officially launched its “smart” project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, and commenced building its first plants. It marks a milestone of the company’s US$10 billion investment project announced in July 2018. The first plants will produce engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) to serve the…

Vehicle engineering and contract manufacturing expert Magna is to acquire Wipac Czech s.r.o., an automotive lighting engineering firm located in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The transaction – Magna’s second lighting acquisition in as many years – is expected to close in November and will expand Magna’s engineering capabilities globally. The acquisition…

Constantia Flexibles – the world’s third largest producer of flexible packaging with headquarters in Vienna, Austria, – has opened what it says is the world’s first plant designed to produce sustainable and recyclable flexible packaging only in Ahmedabad, India. Production focus at the plant lies on the more environmentally friendly packaging…

KHS plans to build a new plant and service centre in Kunshan, China to enable the enabling the company to respond more quickly to the local market, it said. As one of the leading global manufacturers of filling and packaging systems, KHS has been serving the Chinese beverage industry since…