Polyurethanes
Evonik to increase price for polyurethane additives

Effective 15 March 2010, or as contract terms permit, Evonik will increase prices for all polyurethane additives.

Polyurethanes
OSHA Compliance Prep Seminar added to Spray Foam 2010

The Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA) has added an OSHA Compliance Training Seminar to its Spray Foam 2010 Conference & Expo, which will take place ...

Polyurethanes
BASF increases prices for Polyurethane products in Europe

With immediate effect, or as contract terms allow, BASF will be increasing its prices for diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Classic Sleep files under Chapter 11 protection

Classic Sleep Products, Jessup, Md., has filed a Chapter 11 petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, seeking approval of the sale of ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Amerityre to be delisted from Nasdaq

Amerityre announced that it has notified Nasdaq of its intent to file its Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 25 January 2010 to delist the ...

Polyurethanes
Wanhua industry park project launched

Wanhua marked the opening of its new Wanhua Bajiao Portside Industrial Park in Yantai with an official opening ceremony on 6 January 2010.

Polyurethanes
Huntsman announces polyols JV with Jurong Ningwu

The Polyurethanes division of Huntsman announced the creation of a new, China-based, joint venture with Jurong Ningwu Chemical Co. Ltd, to research, develop, ...

Polyurethanes
Cognis opens new affiliate in Malaysia

At the beginning of January 2010, speciality chemicals supplier Cognis opened an affiliate in Selangor, Malaysia. Cognis Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. is a wholly owned ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Chemtura increases price for brominated flame retardants

Effective 1 February 2010, or as contract terms allow, Chemtura will increase off list pricing for BA-59P(R), HBCD (all grades of CD-75P(R)and SP-75(R)), ...

Polyurethanes
Dow Europe to increase prices for polyols and isocyanates in the Middle East, Africa and the Indian subcontinent

Effective 15 January 2010, or as contract terms permit, Dow Polyurethanes, a business group of Dow Chemical, will increase prices in the Middle East, Africa and ...

Polyurethanes
Hennecke at the Interplastica

At the Interplastica, the 13th international trade fair for plastics and rubber, from 26 – 29 January 2010 in Moscow, Hennecke GmbH will mainly focus on the ...

Polyurethanes
Huntsman announces Chinese polyols JV with Jurong Ningwu Chemical Company

The Polyurethanes division of Huntsman Corporation announced the creation of a new, China-based, joint venture with Jurong Ningwu Chemical Co. Ltd, to research, ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Amerityre announces international OEM sales

Amerityre Corporation, a manufacturer of polyurethane flat proof tyres, announced that it has secured sales to a major OEM manufacturer of track systems for ...

Polyurethanes
Name change for Elastogran companies

Following the introduction of the BASF corporate brand for European polyurethane sites, the next step is to change the names of Elastogran companies. For ...

Polyurethanes Thermoplastic Elastomers
PolyOne buys New England Urethane

On 23 December PolyOne Corporation announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of New England Urethane, Inc. (NEU).

Polyurethanes
China's NDRC approves Yantai Wanhua’s new integrated isocyanate project in Yantai

On 7 December 2009, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has granted the approval on Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co., Ltd.'s plan to remove ...

Polyurethanes
Stepan to increase surfactant prices

Stepan Company will raise list and off-list pricing effective 15 January 2010 for the following items. According to the company, these increases are necessary ...

Polyurethanes
Recticel completes sale of auto window encapsulation business

On 21 December 2009, Recticel announced it has reached an agreement to sell its remaining car window encapsulation activities to the Group Strazzante – an ...

Polyurethanes
BMS supports UNEP call for common carbon language

Patrick Thomas, CEO of Bayer MaterialScience (BMS), has announced support for a UNEP call for a common approach to measuring the carbon footprint of buildings ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Reca Kunststoffe changes name to Reca Plastics

Effective from 1 January 2010, the German company RECA Kunststoffe GmbH will trade under its new name, RECA Plastics GmbH.

Rubber Polyurethanes
Chemtura to sell PVC additives business

The bankrupt US chemicals maker Chemtura has agreed to sell its PVC additives business to New York-based private equity firm SK Capital Partners through a ...