Polyurethanes
Evonik to showcase latest PU additives at PUTech Eurasia

The Business Line Comfort & Insulation of Evonik Industries AG has been marketing PU additives for more than 50 years. In Turkey the company is present for more ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
LyondellBasell finds no buyer for Berre refinery

LyondellBasell announced that the sales offering for the 105,000 barrels-per-day refinery in Berre, France has resulted in no offer to purchase the refinery. ...

Polyurethanes
BorsodChem site to house new investment by Donau Chemie

BorsodChem Zrt. has concluded a partnership agreement with Donau Chemie AG to establish a production facility for water treatment chemicals at its site in ...

Polyurethanes
Huntsman to build new Asia Pacific Technology Center in Shanghai

Huntsman Corporation announced that it will invest approximately USD 40 million to build a new Asia Pacific Regional Technology Center (ATC) in Shanghai's ...

Polyurethanes
CPI to launch North American End-Use Market Survey for 2010

On Wednesday, 28 September 2011, the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) will formally launch the 2010 End-Use ...

Polyurethanes
BASF opens a second polyurethane systems site in Russia

With a second Russian polyurethane systems site, BASF is strengthening its worldwide network of PU System Houses. In spring 2012, the applications technology ...

Polyurethanes
Bayer: Renewed inclusion in Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

Bayer remains “best in class” in sustainability. This is demonstrated by the company's renewed inclusion in both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI ...

Polyurethanes
Bayer: Renewed inclusion in the Carbon Leadership indices

Bayer is still one of the world leaders in climate protection. This is confirmed by its renewed inclusion in the two global climate indices published by the ...

Polyurethanes
Call for Speakers: PDA Annual Meeting 2012

The PDA Program Planning Committee is currently reviewing potential presentations for the upcoming 2012 Annual Meeting. Presentations will be given on 27 – 29 ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
KraussMaffei celebrating ten years of success in China

Since the founding of a subsidiary in China in 2001, the KraussMaffei group has become well-established with products and services of its three brands ...

Polyurethanes
BMS hosts research and innovation delegation from Germany in Shanghai, China

Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) recently hosted a delegation from Germany’s influential Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) at its Polymer ...

Polyurethanes
Bridgestone to build PU foam plant for automobile seats in China

Bridgestone will construct a new plant to produce polyurethane foam for automobile seats in Wuhan City located in the Chinese province Hubei.

Polyurethanes
Using waterborne PU dispersion chemistry to coat glass containers boosts design freedom, durability

Industrial coatings (coatings applied at the time of manufacture) constitute a sizable market: in 2008, 344 million gallons of industrial coatings were sold to ...

Polyurethanes
Perstorp opens second caprolactone stream

Perstorp has doubled production capacity of its Capa caprolactone plant in Warrington, UK. Due to the rapidly growing demand for caprolactones worldwide, these ...

Polyurethanes
Prime Comfort continues to invest and launches ‘Refresh’

The Indian foamer Prime Comfort Products has announced plans to invest up to INR 200 crore (~EUR 31 million) over the next three years to set up new plants and ...

Polyurethanes
Bayer MaterialScience showcases solutions to social challenges

China and the rest of Asia Pacific has developed both commercially and socially in just a few decades and now represents a significant part of Bayer ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Study forecasts 30 % reduction in vehicle platforms by 2020

By 2020 the key 12 global auto OEM groups are expected to reduce their platforms from 223 in 2010 to 154, reveals the new study Analysis of Platform Strategies ...

Polyurethanes
CPI releases updated amines catalyst guidelines

The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) has released updated guidelines on the use of amine catalysts in ...

Polyurethanes
Baulé unveils a new web site

Baulé, a JV between Bayer MaterialScience and Eximium that gathers the cast elastomer operations of both companies, has unveilled the new web site of the ...

Polyurethanes
Bayer’s EcoTrekker awarded “China Green Footwear Material & Chemicals Brand 2011”

Bayer MaterialScience has been recognised for developing innovative technologies and materials for the sustainable development of the entire footwear industry ...

Polyurethanes
Owlia steps down as Senior VP Polyurethanes, BMS, Asia Pacific

Dr Azita Owlia, used a press conference organised ahead of the Utech Asia Pacific event and a customer event to announce that she is stepping down as Senior VP, ...

Polyurethanes
Rampf Giessharze receives ISO/TS 16949 quality management certification

Rampf Giessharze has been awarded automotive-specific ISO/TS 16949 certification for its quality management for series and replacement parts production in the ...