Ashland has opened a new technical center in Mumbai, India. The company said the new Ashland Technical Center will develop additives and ingredients that deliver high-performance characteristics sought after by coatings and construction industry professionals.  The technical center offers the latest technologies for rheological additives, surfactants, foam-control agents, buffers for water-based paints, additives for cement dry ad-mix and for construction chemicals. Plans call for the technical center to be expanded to offer solutions for the personal care industry in early 2012.