PPG announced the official inauguration of its Packaging Coatings Innovation Centre, Europe in Bodelshausen, Germany. The site?s newly expanded analytical and research and development (R&D) capabilities will enhance and accelerate packaging coatings product development across a broad range of end markets. Importantly, the facility will focus on strengthening the company?s global leadership position in non-bisphenol coatings for consumer packaging. PPG?s Packaging Coatings Innovation Centre, Europe is a centralized location for product development and customer support in the company?s Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. This expansion ensures that the lab remains at the forefront of research and development capabilities. It features a new research laboratory housing four global development centers ? caps and closures, personal care, powder and food development. Added predictive testing and analysis equipment further expedites product development capability.