Polyurethanes
TDI and MDI investments at BorsodChem

In the coming months, two milestones will occur at the Wanhua owned BorsodChem in Hungary. At the end of June, the company's new TDI-2 plant will be ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Preparations for K 2013 get underway

The first meeting of the Exhibitors Council heralds the beginning of concrete preparations for K 2013, which will take place in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 16 ...

Polyurethanes
BASF to build 300,000 t/y TDI plant in Europe

BASF announced it will build the world’s largest single-train TDI (toluene diisocyanate) plant in Europe. The plant will have a capacity of 300,000 t/y and ...

Polyurethanes
Huntsman and Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes sign PO/MTBE license agreement

Huntsman has signed a licence agreement with Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co., Ltd. for the production of propylene oxide (PO) and methyl tertiary butyl ether ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
DSM to globally increase prices for all liquid polyester resins, beads and urethanes

Effective 1 June 2011 or as contracts allow, DSM Coating Resins will increase prices in all regions for all its liquid polyester resins, solid thermoplastic ...

Polyurethanes
BMS raises prices for aliphatic polyisocyanates

Effective 1 June 2011, Bayer MaterialScience is raising its selling prices for aliphatic polyisocyanates in the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and Latin ...

Polyurethanes Thermoplastic Elastomers
Merquinsa opens new Guangzhou office

Merquinsa has opened a representative office in Guangzhou.

Polyurethanes
Lapolla Industries adds HVAC expertise

Lapolla Industries, Inc. has recently announced that it has entered into an agreement with Ron Smith to better serve the insulation needs of the HVAC ...

Polyurethanes
Perstorp increases prices for aliphatic isocyanates

Effective 1 June, 2011, or as existing contracts permit, Perstorp will increase prices on HDI (Hexamethylene Di-isocyanate) and IPDI (Isophore Di-isocyanate) ...

Polyurethanes
CPI announces new leadership for the 2011 Polyurethanes Technical Conference

The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) has announced its new chairs and vice chairs for the 2011 and 2012 ...

Polyurethanes
Johns Manville partners with Living City Block

Johns Manville (JM), a manufacturer of energy-efficient building products and engineered speciality materials, announced its sponsorship and valued partnership ...

Polyurethanes
Isopa launches “Walk the Talk” 2nd programme

Five years after the successful launch of the “Walk the Talk” (WtT) product stewardship programme, Isopa – the European Diisocyanate and Polyol Producers ...

Polyurethanes
KraussMaffei opens integrated fibre-composites TechCenter in Munich

In Munich, KraussMaffei has recently opened a TechCenter for lightweight parts and fibre-composites technology. The company has installed high-performance ...

Polyurethanes
New aromatic polyester polyols for concrete coatings

Stepanpol PC 130-01 and PC 160-01 are two new aromatic polyester polyols from Stepan.

Polyurethanes
Evonik to increase prices for PU additives

With immediate effect, or as contract terms permit, Evonik will increase globally prices for all polyurethane additives.

Polyurethanes
Evonik to increase prices for Gorapur release agents

With immediate effect, or as contract terms permit, Evonik will increase globally prices for all Gorapur release agents.

Polyurethanes
Perstorp increases polyol capacity with investment in China

Perstorp invests in extended capacity for the polyalcohol neopentyl glycol by establishing production at the group’s manufacturing site in Zibo, China, with ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Italian plastics and rubber machinery industry shows firm recovery in 2010

Assocomaplast, the Italian Plastics and Rubber Machinery and Moulds Manufacture Association, has published its 2010 report. The trade association stated that ...

Polyurethanes
Repi further extends its capacity in the USA

The Italian producer of colour pastes Repi S.p.A. is planning to open a new production site in North Carolina at the end of this year.

Polyurethanes
"Fit For The Future" – BMS invests in the US

Following a recovery in the fortunes of the polyurethanes industry in NAFTA during 2010, Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) announced plans to investment USD 120 ...

Polyurethanes
Stepan announces CASE polyol price increase for North and South America

Effective 1 June 2011, or as contracts allow, Stepan will increase prices for Stepanpol polyester polyols for the CASE industry in North America and South ...

Polyurethanes
Construction of BorsodChem's new TDI plant on schedule

BorsodChem announced that the construction of it's new toluene di-isocyanate plant in Kazincbarcika, Hungary, is proceeding as scheduled.

Rubber Polyurethanes
Plastics industry forms new association in Poland

At the end of March, the Plastics Technology Club held its inaugural convention during the EPLA trade fair in Poznan. The new plastics industry association ...