Free: Saudi Aramco confirms Novomer polyol purchase
Petrochemcial giant, Saudi Aramco, has paid up to $100m for Novomer's Converge carbon dioxide to polyols technology, the company confirmed in a release.Keep on reading: Saudi Aramco confirms Novomer...
View ArticlePaid: BASF’s Bock talks of shock following explosion
Kurt Bock, BASF ceo spoke in early November of the company’s shock following the fire and explosion at Ludwigshafen which resulted in the death of four.Keep on reading: BASF’s Bock talks of shock...
View ArticleFree: Strong third quarter for PUMA
Sporting footwear company PUMA saw sales rise 8% to EUR 990m in the third quarter of 2016 with growth seen across all regions.Keep on reading: Strong third quarter for PUMA
View ArticlePaid: Hanwah sees TDI results improve on product tightness
Hanwah, a Korean, isocyanate manufacturer saw performance in its toluene diisocyanate business improves as the TDI price remained strongKeep on reading: Hanwah sees TDI results improve on product...
View ArticlePaid: HFOs lead to new Japan spray foam standard
Japan has revised the sprayed rigid urethane foam "Voluntary Standards for Quality Control" and introduced the fourth edition. Keep on reading: HFOs lead to new Japan spray foam standard
View ArticleFree: Lanxess has good Q3, sees Chemtura reducing cyclicity
Sales at chemicals additives and polyurethane specialist Lanxess fell by 1.6% in the third quarter of 2016 to EUR 1.92 bn compared with €1.95 bn in the equivalent quarter of 2015.Keep on reading:...
View ArticleFree: Hybrid: Non-diisocyanate foams closer to commercialisation in 2017
Hybrid Coating Technologies, which commercialises technology to produce non-isocyanate-based polyurethanes expects to start generating sales of around $2m in 2017 as a result of a coatings...
View ArticleFree: Kingspan grows in third quarter
Insulated panel maker, Kingspan predicts its trading profit for 2016 will be over 30% ahead of 2015 at around EUR 335m, according to a recent trading statementKeep on reading: Kingspan grows in third...
View ArticlePaid: Consolidating US PU market offers opportunities: Chrisafides
Baltimore, Maryland — The US polyurethane market is beginning to consolidate said Chris Chrisafides, commercial …Keep on reading: Consolidating US PU market offers opportunities: Chrisafides
View ArticleFree: Henkel adhesive sales flat, profits up
Henkel reported sales in its Adhesive Technologies business unit were flat in the third quarter compared with the equivalent quarter in 2015.Keep on reading: Henkel adhesive sales flat, profits up
View ArticlePaid: Heinsberg, Germany to be first European insulation plant for Firestone
Indianapolis, Indiana-based , Firestone Building Products Firestone announced it is building its first European insulation manufacturing plant in Heinsberg, Germany.Keep on reading: Heinsberg, Germany...
View ArticleFree: Passive House passes five year milestone
After five years of existence, a passive house in Brussels is still achieving "quasi zero energy demand even during winter months," said Jorg Palmershiem of ISOPA and Arnaud Duvielguerbigny of...
View ArticleFree: Polyurethane helps keep CCTV running
avisec, a weatherised remote-control camera maker, is using Baydur 66 FR-1, a rigid polyurethane integral skin foam system from Covestro.Keep on reading: Polyurethane helps keep CCTV running
View ArticleFree: BASF to double MDI capacity in Geismar
BASF has announced plans to increase capacity for MDI at its plant here from 300 kT/year to 600 kT/year in steps over an undefined time period.Keep on reading: BASF to double MDI capacity in Geismar
View ArticlePaid: Brazil launches new polyurea systems standard
ABNT, the Brazilian National Standards Organisation has published ABNT NBR 16545:2016 a new standardd designated: coatings of high thickness with systems of polyurea Keep on reading: Brazil launches...
View ArticleFree: CIA sets out minimum demands from Brexit
Brexit: Tariff free access to the single market, worldwide talent recruitment, competitive energy and strong science policy needed -- CIA Keep on reading: CIA sets out minimum demands from Brexit
View ArticlePaid: UK foamers oppose change to furniture flammability regulations
The organisation representing 100% of the UK flexible foam industry is opposing possible changes to the UK's 1988 furniture flammability regulations.Keep on reading: UK foamers oppose change to...
View ArticlePaid: Cepeda helps prove Novomer polyols to Saudi Aramco
Cepeda, the machinery and materials joint venture test facility operated by Dow and Saip, was used by Novomer to prove its Converge technology ahead of the recent purchase by Saudi Aramco. Keep on...
View ArticleFree: Polyurethane in a passport to success
Covestro will be at Trustech explaining how its thermoplastic polyurethanes literally hold many peoples identity together in their passports.Keep on reading: Polyurethane in a passport to success
View ArticleFree: Solstice chosen by Dubai panel maker
Honeywell said its Solstice HFO liquid Blowing agent has been chosen by Technical Supplies and Services (TSSC) for use in its range of insulating polyurethane and PIR foam panelsKeep on reading:...
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