A group of 317 companies from the Nanhai District, Foshan in Guangdong, has signed a commitment letter with the local environment department on environmental protection.

Materials technology company China Gengsheng Minerals has announced that it has developed a new refractory product that will assist the steel industry to cut energy costs and increase efficiency.

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.

Corning has just hosted a grand opening ceremony for the company's new liquid crystal display glass substrate manufacturing facility in Beijing.