BASF Opens Expanded Dispersion Production in Durban, Celebrates 60 Years in South Africa
Expansion boosts supply capabilities of dispersions for architectural coatings, construction and paper industries in East, West and Southern Africa.
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Cabot Expands Asia-Pacific Production Capabilities for Circular Reinforcing Carbons
Cabot Corporation is establishing new Asia-Pacific production capabilities for circular reinforcing carbons using its Evolve Sustainable Solutions technology platform for more sustainable tire and rubber applications.
Fujifilm Biotechnologies Unveils Biomanufacturing & Process Development UK Expansion
Fujifilm Biotechnologies expanded manufacturing and process development presence in the North East of England to support vital biomanufacturing of innovative medicines and vaccines in the United Kingdom.
Covestro Expands TDI Production Capacity in China
Covestro has completed a major debottlenecking project at its toluene diisocyanate (TDI) production plant in Shanghai, China.
Sharp Services Invests Over €20 Million to Expand Injectables Packaging Capacity
Sharp Services has invested over €20 million to expand injectables packaging capacity at its facilities in Hamont-Achel, Belgium, and Heerenveen, Netherlands, with significant cold chain enhancements.
Aenova Expands Fill & Finish Capacities at its Latina site
Aenova will install an additional filling and manufacturing line at the Latina, Italy, site. This expansion is an important step to meet the increasing global demand for the production of biologics.
Clariant Expands Production Capacities in Daya Bay
Clariant successfully completes its CHF 100 million investment in the Daya Bay plant in China, with the second production line becoming fully operational in November.
Nouryon Completes Expansion for Organic Peroxides in China
Dutch specialty chemicals producer Nouryon has completed the capacity expansion for organic peroxides at its manufacturing facility in Ningbo, China. The expansion doubled production capacity to 6,000 tons of organic peroxide products each, which are sold under the Perkadox 14 and Trigonox 101 brands.
Asahi Kasei to Increase Lithium-Ion Battery Separator Coating Capacity
Asahi Kasei will invest in new coating equipment for Hipore lithium-ion battery separators in its US, Japan, and South Korea facilities, starting in the first half of fiscal year 2026. The increased capacity will provide coated separators for batteries powering up to 1.7 million electric vehicles.
AGC Biologics Completes Expansion at Milan Site
AGC Biologics, a biopharma CDMO, has completed the expansion of its manufacturing capacity at the company’s Cell & Gene Center of Excellence in Milan, Italy.
Finnish CDMO Biovian Expands its Facility in Turku
Finnish contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Biovian, specializing in biopharmaceuticals, is investing more than €50 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Turku, Finland.
Braskem Expands its Brazilian Biopolymer Production Plant
Braskem has completed the expansion of production capacity for its biobased ethylene plant in the petrochemical complex of Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
CordenPharma Expands at US Site in Colorado
CordenPharma is expanding strategically into synthetic oligonucleotide manufacturing at its plant at Boulder in the US state of Colorado. The two-phase investment is designed to provide innovative biotech and pharma customers with a fully integrated API to Drug Product service offering.
WuXi STA Expands Capabilities at Changzhou Campus
WuXi STA has added two reactors at its Changzhou campus in China, enhancing capacity and capability at its TIDES contract research, development and manufacturing platform for oligonucleotide, peptide and related synthetic conjugates. The reactors have capacity of 2,000 liters each, taking total volume for solid-phase peptide synthesizers to more than 10,000 liters.
