Polyurethanes
First ever BioPreferred Certification of PU foam

A new class of sustainable bio-renewable foams developed by Natural Foams Technology in June 2014 became the first ever polyurethane foam to be accepted into ...

Polyurethanes
ICIS Polyurethane Chain Conference 2014

The 3rd ICIS Polyurethane Chain Conference will take place from 20 – 21 October 2014 at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore. The event is produced and delivered ...

Polyurethanes
Huntsman and SCAC to double MDI splitting capacity at Shanghai plant

Huntsman and Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical Co. Ltd. (SCAC) announced plans to double the MDI splitting capacity of their joint venture company, Huntsman ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Freudenberg-NOK expands material production site in Schwalmstadt

Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies is continuing to build its global fluid power position through significant investments at its Schwalmstadt, Germany, ...

Polyurethanes
Five core companies of the Rampf Group rebranded

From the start of the new financial year on 1 July 2014, the Rampf Group’s five core companies will be operating under new names, thus reflecting the much ...

Polyurethanes
Force Majeure at Oxea’s Intermediates unit in Bay City

Oxea Corporation announced that it has encountered a significant production issue at its Bay City, TX, USA, facility. According to Oxea, due to a malfunction in ...

Polyurethanes
Chromaflo announces new distributor network in EMEA for the thermoset market

Chromaflo Technologies, a global supplier of pigment and chemical dispersions for the thermoset and coatings industries, announced the appointment of new ...

Polyurethanes
AkzoNobel to invest in new Performance Coatings technology centre in China

AkzoNobel is investing more than EUR 6.5 million in its Songjiang site near Shanghai to expand an existing research centre by adding a dedicated facility for ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
CHINA: Oxea achieves mechanical completion on new Nanjing specialty esters unit

Oxea said that its specialty esters plant at the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in Nanjing, China, has reached mechanical completion and is now in the ...

Polyurethanes
CPI Polyurethanes Technical Conference brings back popular workshop on EHS

Attendees at the 2014 Polyurethanes Technical Conference can look forward to a pre-conference workshop on the environmental, health and safety (EHS) issues ...

Polyurethanes
Huntsman experiences second quarter 2014 manufacturing disruption

Huntsman announced that during the second quarter of 2014 it experienced an unplanned manufacturing disruption within its Polyurethanes division.

Polyurethanes
Energ-Ice awarded Life Environmental Prize at Green Week 2014

Led by the Dow Polyurethanes R&D team in Italy in partnership with Cannon Group companies, Afros and Crios, as well as Federchimica, and co-funded by the ...

Polyurethanes
A call for clarity for consumers in CA debate over flame retardants

The past year has seen considerable debate in Sacramento about the use of flame retardants in home furnishings. The nation’s leading manufacturers of flame ...

Polyurethanes
Bayer Pearl establishes new headquarters in Dubai Investments Park

The polyurethane systems house Bayer Pearl has broken ground for construction of its new headquarters in the Dubai Investments Park, which will be the site of ...

Polyurethanes
New 240 kt/y MDI plant to be built in Shanghai

BASF, Huntsman Corporation, Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical Co. Ltd., Shanghai Hua Yi (Group) Company, and Sinopec Group Assets Management Corporation plan to ...