polyurethane
Jul 12th, 2010
Formaldehyde Is the Most Commercially Important Aldehyde.
The simple molecule of Formaldehyde plays an invaluable role in many areas of the economy including the aerospace, automotive and building and construction sectors. It is essential to the workings of the human body and other biological systems and is used in making pill coatings, heart valves and vaccines. Its benefits have been improving our...
Feb 19th, 2010
Arch Chemicals Sells Industrial Coatings Business to Sherwin-Williams
Arch Chemicals has signed a definitive agreement to sell its industrial coatings business to US firm The Sherwin-Williams Company for approximately €40m ($54m).
The agreement approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies includes the industrial coatings businesses located in Italy, the UK, Spain, North America and Singapore.
Key product lines include polyester-based, polyurethane-based and water-based...
Jul 10th, 2009
Korea’s Songwon Commissions New 30,000 tons Capacity Isobutylene Facility
Korea’s Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd. recently commissioned its new US$20 mln isobutylene (IBL) production facility, located at the Maeam site in South Korea. The facility represents first large scale isobutylene (IBL) production facility globally (30,000 tons capacity) which is based on proprietary TBA (t-butanol) cracking technology. Songwon has invested heavily in developing ground-breaking proprietary technology...
Jan 8th, 2009
China’s Largest Polyurethane Machinery Production Base Set Up In Wuhan
China’s largest polyurethane machinery production base is set up in in Wuhan Development Zone (China Building Material Industrial Park, Light Industry Machinery Group)
China Light Industry Machinery Building Materials Group is a sole owner of the “fluorine-free” alternative to key technology manufacturers. The project total investment of 129 million is expected to be completed at the...
Jan 8th, 2009
PTTAR Thailand To Start Benzene Installations In Late January
Due to mechanical failure in early December, Thailand PTTAR plans to restart Map Ta Phut device No. 2 in late January; the 3rd device has been in normal routine maintaince since mid-December. The two sets of devices pure benzene production capacity is 467,000 ton/year and 363,000 ton/year respectively.
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Jan 8th, 2009
Foreign Enterprises Optimistic About China Polyurethane 4000000000000 Fiscal Stimulus Plan
Social Business, January 6, the world economic crisis brings negative impact on China’s exports. November 2008, the Chinese government introduced 4000 billion fiscal stimulus plan, including speeding up rail, road and Airport and other major infrastructure construction; speeding up rural infrastructure, the reconstruction of the earthquake-stricken areas of work, the urban and rural incomes and...
Dec 29th, 2008
Butanone Step By Step Into The Light Shortly After Finishing Time
On the face of it, butanone domestic market has slowed down its pace, but is still within the dark turbulent Tao. There are numerous threatening factors of a present-day market such as sluggish economic environment, sluggish demand, as well as manufacturers of high supply reduction, and so on. It is vivid, the manufacturers are waiting...
Dec 29th, 2008
Polyurethane Demand Reduction Affects Social-Economic Sphere
Social business, December 17. Winter now and spring approaching in the face of global economic downturn and demand slump in the market of POLYURETHANE. Enterprises producing polyurethane raw materials TDI, MDI will be closed down and consumption of inventory at the end of production is the main topic for discussion.
At present, foreign polyurethane enterprises such...
Dec 16th, 2008
Government Action to Assist Recovery of Polyurethane Industry?
In 2008 the polyurethane industry market was giving great concern: on one hand, the price of polyurethane raw materials reached the upper level, while price changes made it difficult to control the product price changes. On the other hand, the lower demand in the conditions of depression is difficult to change. September 2008 outbreak of...
Nov 18th, 2008
High R-Value Insulation Helps to Save Energy: BaySystems™ Earns Energy Star Partnership for Bayseal™ Closed-Cell Spray Foam Insulation
BaySystems™, the umbrella brand for the global polyurethane systems operations of Bayer MaterialScience, has been named an Energy Star partner for its Bayseal™ CC and PP grades of energy-efficient spray polyurethane foam insulation. Energy Star is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) designed to...
Oct 23rd, 2008
Strong Partnership for Solid Plastics
LEVERKUSEN — The geba Kunststoffcompounds GmbH, Ennigerloh, Germany, will in future be developing and producing reinforced thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU-R) based on Desmopan® from Bayer MaterialScience - this is the centerpiece of a collaboration agreement that the two companies concluded. Reinforced thermoplastic polyurethanes combine high wear and impact resistance, even at low temperatures, with excellent heat...
Oct 21st, 2008
PolyOne Launches OnFlex BIO Series Compounds Based on Natural Renewable Sources
ASSESSE, Belgium — PolyOne Corporation, a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services, and solutions, introduces its newly developed OnFlex™ BIO Series Compounds based on natural renewable sources.
OnFlex BIO Series soft thermoplastic polyurethane (TPE-U) compounds are made from renewable natural sources and are based on at least 20% renewable material as certified by ASTM-D6866....
Oct 14th, 2008
Merquinsa Announces New Bio TPU grades at Fakuma 2008
BARCELONA, Spain — Merquinsa is pleased to announce the launch of new Bio TPU grades at FAKUMA 2008 (International trade fair for plastics processing, on 14-18 October at Friedrichshafen, Germany). The new Pearlthane® ECO thermoplastic polyurethane grades of 85A, 90A, 95A, 98 shore A, and 60 shore D hardness complete the range of Bio TPU...
Oct 13th, 2008
Dunmore Introduces New Brushed Metallized OPP Film for Labels & Graphics Market
SOUTH DEERFIELD, Mass. — Deerfield Urethane, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer MaterialScience LLC (BMS) and one of the leading suppliers of custom, made-to-order thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and specialty elastomer film and sheet, is proud to announce its collaboration with BHS International (BHS), a breast health company co-founded by Olivia Newton-John, in the development...
Oct 8th, 2008
Cushion-Making Giant Carpenter Adopts Cargills BiOH Polyols for New Foam Product Line
MINNEAPOLIS — Carpenter Co., the largest manufacturer of comfort cushioning in the world, has formally introduced the Renew™ brand of foam cushioning made with Cargill’s soy-based BiOH® polyols. Renew products are fully recyclable and available in a wide assortment of firmness and densities, including the first biobased high resiliency (HR) foam.
“We are already selling...
Sep 26th, 2008
Amerityre to Jointly Develop Composite Hoop Belt Technology for Polyurethane Tires
BOULDER CITY, Nevada — Amerityre Corporation, a leading developer of polyurethane tire technologies, announced that it has entered into a Phase I development program with a multi-billion dollar defense industry contractor that is a leader in aerospace composite technology. The objective of the Phase I development program is to establish the base line performance characteristics...
Sep 22nd, 2008
MERQUINSA Innovation Award Finalist at Polyurethanes 2008 Technical Conference
Merquinsa will participate in the Polyurethanes 2008 Technical Conference in San Antonio, Texas, from September 29th to October 1st with the paper “New TPU from Renewable sources”. The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry of the American Chemistry Council has organized an event where new technologies, recent research, and technical developments affecting the global polyurethanes industry,...