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INDUSTRY
09. Mar. 2010 - 17:08
25 years Evonik Tego Chemie GmbH
For 25 years, the German company Evonik Tego Chemie...
09. Mar. 2010 - 10:12
BASF introduces new brand, changes name of Elastogran...
BASF recently introduced two new brands for its...
08. Mar. 2010 - 10:11
Dow Chemical to shut down Freeport TDI plant
Dow Polyurethanes has decided to permanently shut down...
06. Mar. 2010 - 09:55
Lapolla promotes energy savings benefits of spray foam...
Lapolla Industries, Inc., a Houston, TX, USA, based...
TECHNOLOGY
25. February 2010 - 17:04
PU rigid foam insulated building...

25. February 2010 - 14:00
Continuous production of PU...

PERSONNEL
09. March 2010 - 13:05
New Chairman of the Board of Dow...

26. February 2010 - 10:08
Repi appoints new Sales Manager in...

LITERATURE
05. December 2009 - 14:27
A Global Overview of the Polyurethane...

03. December 2009 - 14:26
Directories of PU systems houses in...

COMPANY BROCHURES
18. December 2009 - 18:22
Stepan Europe publishes new “Product...

21. May 2007 - 16:37
Video on FIPFG sealing technology


LATEST NEWS

Industry

BorsodChem to be acquired by Wanhua Industrial

After several months of bargaining, the Chinese Wanhua Industrial Group and the Permira-Vienna Capital Partners (VCP) duo agreed on the future of Hungarian chemical company BorsodChem (BC).

Industry

BASF increases prices for butanediol and -derivatives in Europe

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

Industry

Stepan announces Q2 price rises

Stepan Europe has announced Quarter 2 price increases for all European Stepanpol aromatic polyester polyols of EUR 100 per tonne.

Personnel

Repi appoints new Sales Manager in the US

Repi LLC, an American subsidiary of the Italian producer of pigment dispersions Repi S.p.A., is strengthening its sales activities in North America.

Industry

Huntsman to increase TPU prices in EMEA and the Indian subcontinent

The Polyurethanes division of Huntsman Corporation will increase the price of all of its thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) range in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, effective 1 March 2010, or as soon as contracts allow.

Industry

Stepan announces price increases

Effective 1 March 2010, Stepan will increase prices for Stepanpol polyester polyols for the C.A.S.E. industry in North America by USD 0.05 - 0.20 per pound.Furthermore, effective 15 March 2010, the company will increase prices for Stepanpol rigid, aromatic polyester polyols by USD 0.06 per pound.

Technology

PU rigid foam insulated building blocks

Because of rising energy costs, the building materials industry is focusing increasingly on heat conductivity - the lower this value, the better the insulation will be. In a solid construction, a typical insulated external wall consists of either a double wall structure with a core insulation, or a single wall with additional external insulation. Both of these alternatives are costly and have a relatively long construction period.

Personnel

Roger Stubbs appointed Vice President of Stepan

Roger Stubbs has been promoted to the position of Vice President – European Polymers for Stepan Company, effective immediately. Stubbs will continue to have profit and loss responsibility for the company’s European Polymers business.

Industry

Purac joins BE-Basic consortium for bio-based economy

Purac, a CSM company, signed on 18 February 2010 a research contract to participate in the research program of BE-Basic; a consortium of international knowledge institutes, the Dutch government, global industry and financial partners. The research programme aims at developing an economy based on renewable resources. Purac is a partner in this consortium as it develops new sustainable building blocks for the chemical industry.

Technology

Continuous production of PU foam-insulated pipes in one system

KraussMaffei Berstorff is now offering complete systems for continuous production of PU-insulated pipes. The extruded plastic pipe is given an insulating polyurethane layer, followed immediately by the addition of a protective polyethylene sheath.


SPOTLIGHT

Szycher's Handbook of Polyurethanes

Author: M. Szycher
Year: 1999
Edition: 1
Publisher: CRC Press
Only 154.20 EUR

This handbook compiles data from many sources, exhaustively illustrating the complex principles in...





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