Nordson Corp. recently announced the opening of a new 2,000-sq-m technical center in Shanghai.

Bayer MaterialScience recently announced it is increasing its production capacities in the Asia-Pacific region to meet the continued growth in demand there for raw materials for coatings and adhesives.

PPG Industries recently announced plans to invest more than $27 million in its San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico, coatings manufacturing facility.

Sea-Land Chemical Co. recently announced it has promoted Christy Henley to the position of sales team leader.

Evans Adhesive Corp. Ltd. recently announced the hiring of Aaron Garry as its new vice president for Sales and Marketing.

DELO^® Industrial Adhesives recently announced it has received the German Industry’s Innovation Award in the category of SMEs.

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. recently announced it has narrowed the potential location for its new forest product facility in Brazil to three states.

LORD Corp. announced that Steve Meyer has been appointed to the Supplier Management Council’s (SMC) Board of Managers of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA).

By 2025, penetration of ITS technologies in smart cities will range from 20% (autonomous vehicles) to 98% (traffic management).

Lack of training is the biggest obstacle to manufacturing quality success today, according to the 2014 Manufacturing Training Trends Survey.