Rubber Polyurethanes
THAILAND: Push for bioplastics industry

Thai state-owned oil and gas company, PTT, will propose to the Energy Ministry and the Cabinet that promotion of the bioplastics industry be made a national ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Fujairah's fortune rises with petrochemicals

Fujairah's economic development could be boosted by a petrochemical industry feeding on a refinery being built by an Abu Dhabi investor.

Polyurethanes
Successful year 2012 for Repi

The Italian colour dispersion and additive manufacturer Repi S.p.A. with headquarters in Lonate Ceppino announced that 2012 has been the third consecutive ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
KraussMaffei celebrates its 175th birthday

The mechanical engineering firm KraussMaffei was established 175 years ago, on 20 March 1838. Domiciled in Munich since its founding, the company has a strong ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
THAILAND: Solvay gears up for more investment in Thailand

Solvay SA, of Belgium, has announced it will increase its investment in Thailand - one of its three main Asian production bases - while pursuing opportunities ...

Polyurethanes Thermoplastic Elastomers
Huntsman extends distribution partnership with Azelis

Huntsman Polyurethanes is extending the scope of its distribution arrangements with Azelis, a pan-European distributor of speciality chemicals. From 1 April ...

Polyurethanes
Huntsman invests USD 135 million in US and European MDI manufacturing plants

Huntsman announced a combined investment of USD 135 million at two of its world-scale methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) manufacturing facilities: increasing ...

Polyurethanes
Invista's Wilmington site celebrates first Terate HT polyols shipment

In August 2012, Invista Specialty Materials announced a multi-million dollar investment at its two Terate polyols manufacturing sites in Wilmington, NC, USA, ...

Polyurethanes
Industry delivers first pilot training to further improve the safety of PU spray foam application

According to a statement of Jörg Palmersheim, Secretary General of Isopa, the European trade association for manufacturers of aromatic diisocyanates and ...

Polyurethanes
Huntsman acquires stake in SPF insulation company Nippon Aqua

Huntsman announced that it has acquired a 20 % stake in Nippon Aqua Co. Ltd., a spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation company based in Yokohama, Japan, and ...

Polyurethanes
China sets anti-dumping duties on EU TDI imports

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) will impose anti-dumping duties ranging between 6.6 % and 37.7 % on imported toluene diisocyanate (TDI) from the European ...

Polyurethanes Thermoplastic Elastomers
Croda ranked UK’s most sustainable corporation by Corporate Knights

The 2013 “Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations” report has ranked Croda as the highest placed UK-based company and at number 25 in the world. The report, ...

Polyurethanes
BASF and Markor to establish two JVs for butanediol and polytetrahydrofuran in China

BASF and Xinjiang Markor Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. plan to establish two joint ventures for the production of butanediol (BDO) and polytetrahydrofuran ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Chinaplas 2013

Chinaplas 2013 – the 27th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries, Asia’s no. 1 and world’s no. 2 plastics and rubber trade fair, ...

Polyurethanes
Qatar Petroleum and Shell announce FEED award for Al-Karaana Petrochemicals complex and launch the project’s logo

Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Shell have launched the logo of the Al-Karaana Petrochemicals Complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City and also announced the award of the ...

Polyurethanes
Asthma incidence among PU foam manufacturing workers significantly below general adult population’s

An industry report on surveys spanning 24 years of foam manufacturing plant health and safety records found incidences of occupational asthma to be lower among ...

Polyurethanes
Bayer AG – 2012 was very successful and the group will continue to grow

“2012 was a very successful year for the Bayer Group, as it continued to grow dynamically and achieved its targets. All subgroups posted gains in sales and ...

Polyurethanes
BASF to increase prices for butanediol and derivatives in Europe

With immediate effect, or as existing contracts permit, BASF SE will increase its European selling prices for the following products:

Polyurethanes
Perstorp strengthens distribution in Italy and San Marino

Perstorp and Milano Colori have signed a new and extended distribution agreement for the sales of Perstorp’s products to the coatings and coating resins market ...

Polyurethanes
New cooperation for cellpur comfort foam

The Kremsmünster-based Austrian company Eurofoam, a specialist for the production and processing of polyurethane flexible foam, announced it has issued a ...