Polyurethanes
ABC Group announces JV with Ningbo Inoac Huaxiang Automobile Products Co., Ltd.

Automotive parts supplier ABC Group has announced a joint venture agreement with Ningbo Inoac Huaxiang Automobile Products Co., Ltd. (IHX) of China to form ...

Polyurethanes
Dorf Ketal purchases Vertec and Snapcure businesses from Johnson Matthey

Dorf Ketal, a supplier of organic titanate and zirconate catalysts, has acquired patents and related intellectual property for Vertec polyester catalysts and ...

Polyurethanes
Axson Technologies invests in China and India

Axson Technologies, a global supplier of epoxy and polyurethane resins, is opening a new production plant in China for the dielectrics and wind turbine market. ...

Polyurethanes
BMS cooperates with Mito polimeri

Bayer MaterialScience has a new distributor in Italy. Mito polimeri s.r.l. has assumed the distribution activities previously performed by Mercatali s.r.l. ...

Polyurethanes
EPA releases TDI and MDI action plan summaries to protect consumers

Under new action plans released for TDI and MDI by the EPA these chemicals will face stricter regulation due to concerns about health effects such as breathing ...

Polyurethanes
4 Years after MOU- BASF Polyurethanes breaks ground in Chongqing

As early as 2006 the Mayor of Chongqing Municipal People's Government and BASF started discussions on the idea of an MDI plant in Chongqing. In 2007, BASF and ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Evonik sells carbon black business to investor Rhône Capital

On 16 April 2011, Evonik signed an agreement with affiliates of Rhône Capital to sell its carbon black business, which achieved sales revenues of some EUR 1.2 ...

Polyurethanes
BMS raises prices for PU raw materials in Europe

Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) is raising the selling prices for all products of its polyurethane segment in the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region by EUR ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Global plastics associations take action on marine litter

According to PlasticsEurope, the European plastics industry has been instrumental in bringing together plastics industry organisations from around the world to ...

Polyurethanes
BMS raises prices for coatings and adhesives raw materials

Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) is raising the selling prices for its coatings and adhesives resins in the regions Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and Latin ...

Polyurethanes
Huntsman acquires chemicals business of Laffans

Huntsman has completed its acquisition of Indian chemical producer Laffans Petrochemicals Ltd., and has taken ownership of the manufacturer’s 60 kt ethylene ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Evonik acquires hanse chemie Group

In March Evonik closed a purchase agreement to acquire the hanse chemie Group. The acquisition includes hanse chemie AG and nanoresins AG and enables Evonik to ...

Polyurethanes
CPS Color acquires dispensing equipment specialist Lenteq

CPS Color Group Oy has acquired Lenteq Industries B.V., a specialist provider of dispensing and mixing equipment based in Lisserbroek, Netherlands. It has been ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Solvay to acquire Rhodia for EUR 3.4 billion

Solvay and Rhodia announced the signing of a framework agreement according to which Solvay will launch a friendly cash offer for 100 % of the share capital of ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Arkema becomes major supplier in the paint and coating industry

By end 2011, Arkema’s revenue from paint and coating applications will have risen to 18%, up from 3% of its overall sales in 2006. This was announced by the ...

Polyurethanes
Wanhua and BorsodChem celebrate partnership at Polyurethanex

At the beginning of March, BorsodChem and Wanhua exhibited together for the first time at the Polyurethanex international exhibition on polyurethane ...

Polyurethanes
BMS plans new production facility for coating raw materials in Shanghai

Bayer MaterialScience plans to construct a new world-scale production facility for IPDI at its integrated site in Shanghai. The planned investment volume is EUR ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Ineos Oligomers appoints IMCD as sole distributor for Indopol in India

Ineos Oligomers have appointed IMCD Group B.V. as their sole distribution partner for the Indopol polybutenes product range in India. These products are ...