Mulberry, Fla.-ArrMaz Custom Chemicals reports its most recent expansion into China with the formation of ArrMaz Chemicals (Yunnan) Co. Ltd., and the opening of a sales office in Kunming, China. This new base of operation will focus on providing enhanced local services to ArrMaz customers in the PRC. Construction is scheduled to begin in April on this newest ArrMaz production facility, in the heart of China’s DAP producing region of the Yunnan Province. ArrMaz says it is poised to provide its full line of products and services to nearby phosphate mining and fertilizer operations, and has hired Tony Wong to be the general manager of ArrMaz Chemicals Yunnan. He will oversee construction and operation of the new facility along with Dan Partin, who was recently appointed ArrMaz vice president of international development. ArrMaz Chemicals Yunnan is owned by ArrMaz and FAME Base Holdings, Ltd., which is owned by Mr. Zhenbang Yu. ArrMaz Custom Chemicals will now have eight facilities on four continents: North America (five U.S.-based locations), South America (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Europe (Paris, France), and Asia (Kunming, China). It counts sales in 70 countries.