Stockholm, Sweden-headquartered Atlas Copco has begun construction of a new production facility in China for its gas and process division.

U.S.-based consulting and outsourcing services company Amerson is setting up a global delivery center in Chengdu, Sichuan.

H.B. Fuller Company, a formulator and marketer of adhesives, sealants, paints and other specialty chemical products, has opened its first regional technical center in Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park.

Gulf Resources, a manufacturer of bromine, crude salt, and specialty chemical products in China, has announced that it will increase its bromine and crude salt manufacturing capacity as the result of a planned acquisition in the province of Shandong.

French chemical company Rhodia has opened its new international research and development center in Shanghai to help the Group to achieve its ambitious growth and development objectives in Asia.

U.S.-based PPG Industries, a global supplier of paints, coatings, chemicals, optical products, specialty materials, glass, and fiber glass, has acquired the automotive refinish coatings business of the Bonny Coating-Made Company, based in Guangzhou.

China RuiTai International a producer and distributor of cellulose ether products in China has announced that its production has increased to normal levels following the lifting of energy usage restrictions imposed by the Chinese government to avoid power outages during the second quarter of 2008.

Westlake Chemical Corporation, a Houston-based petrochemical and fabricated products company, has opened an office in Shanghai.

ShengdaTech — a manufacturer of nano precipitated calcium carbonate and coal-based chemical products in Taian City, Shandong Province — has entered into an agreement with the local government to invest in the High-Tech Development Industrial Zone in Zibo, Shandong Province.

GE Energy's gasification technology has been selected for a coal-to-chemical production facility in Tongzi County, Guizhou.