Polyurethanes
CPI Polyurethanes Conference debuts new workshop on environment, health and safety

Attendees at the 2013 Polyurethanes Technical Conference can look forward to a new pre-conference workshop on the environmental, health and safety (EHS) issues ...

Polyurethanes
Perstorp leading with commitment in Latin America

Perstorp will be exhibiting several new products at Abrafati, the main Latin American exhibition and congress for the coatings industry, from ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
DuPont explores possible sale of performance chemicals unit

DuPont announced in a statement issued on 23 July 2013 that it explores strategic alternatives for its Performance Chemicals business, which may include a ...

Polyurethanes
BASF to increase global capacities for butanediol and PolyTHF

BASF will increase its global capacities for producing the chemical intermediate 1,4‑butanediol (BDO) and the BDO derivative PolyTHF (chemical name: ...

Polyurethanes
CPI celebrates tenth anniversary of Polyurethane PDP

This year, the CPI Polyurethanes Technical Conference celebrates the tenth anniversary of the popular Polyurethane Professional Development Program (PDP), which ...

Polyurethanes
Bayer: Topping-out ceremony for new TDI plant in Dormagen

Bayer MaterialScience's TDI construction project at the Chempark Dormagen site has reached an important milestone with the completion of the plant shell ...

Polyurethanes
Refrigerator and washing machine volume sales recorded double digit growth in Malaysia

Large home appliances such as washing machines and refrigerators have seen dynamic development in Malaysia in recent years, largely unaffected by the impact of ...

Polyurethanes
CPI Polyurethanes Technical Conference to highlight PU for building and construction

Registration is now open for the 2013 Polyurethanes Technical Conference, hosted by the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry ...

Polyurethanes
Bayer holds official 150th anniversary celebration – The chemical industry in NRW receives official recognition

The Bayer AG celebrated its 150th anniversary with more than 1,000 guests at an event at Cologne Messe. Guests of honour included Dr. Angela Merkel, the German ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
SAUDI ARABIA: Sadara closes main financing for USD 10.5 billion project

Sadara Chemical Company has announced financial close for the funding of main financing of approximately USD 10.5 billion project. This marks the completion of ...

Polyurethanes
Tempur Sealy plans expansion of Duffield plant

Tempur Sealy International said it plans to expand its 500,000-square-foot factory in Duffield, Virginia, US as part of a 13.5 million USD project. The ...

Polyurethanes
Bayer MaterialScience promotes safety, freedom, and happiness at K2013

You may be forgiven for thinking this is a tag line from a 1960s campaign to advertise one of the many life changing discoveries made by Bayer during the last ...

Polyurethanes
Byk Additives & Instruments receives Platinum status from the U.S. Green Building Council

The most recent laboratory wing of Byk Additives & Instruments, a division of Altana AG, has been the first lab building in Germany to receive the highest ...

Polyurethanes
Huntsman to acquire polyol manufacturer Oxid

Huntsman today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the business of Oxid L.P., a privately-held manufacturer and marketer of specialty ...

Polyurethanes
Tecnon OrbiChem announces a new Bio-Materials service

Tecnon OrbiChem, London has launched a new information service called Bio-Materials & Intermediates Chemical Business Focus (CBF).

Polyurethanes
Dow drives energy efficiency for industry and households in Russia

As the Official Carbon Partner of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, the Dow Chemical Company is partnering with a key customer in Russia to implement ...

Polyurethanes
CPI Polyurethanes Technical Conference to highlight PU in environmental stewardship

The 2013 Polyurethanes Technical Conference, presented by the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council, will showcase the ...

Polyurethanes
BioAmber and IMCD sign distribution agreement for bio-based succinic acid

Effective immediately, the IMCD Group is distributing BioAmber’s bio-based succinic acid Bio-SA in the Benelux, France, Iberia, Germany, Poland, South East ...