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Dream Production project uses CO2 to produce PPP and PU materialsResearch undertaken by Bayer MaterialScience AG (BMS), Bayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS), and German power providers RWE Power AG along with RWTH Aachen University has developed a new technology for the catalysis of CO2 chemical bonding in the manufacture of polyether polycarbonate polyols (PPP). |
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Bridgestone establishes a diversified products oversight company in ChinaBridgestone has established the Bridgestone Diversified Products China Co., Ltd. in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. |
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BorsodChem lenders approve financial restructuringHungarian isocyanate producer BorsodChem Zrt. announced that the company’s Senior and Mezzanine Lenders have approved the consensual financial restructuring scheme of BorsodChem, which was agreed upon by First Chemical (Luxembourg) S.àr.l (FCL), a company controlled by the Permira Funds and VCP Capital Partners, and Wanhua Industrial Group (Wanhua), a strategic investor in February this year. |
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USA set to approve formaldehyde standardsWith legislation passed by the U.S. House, the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Act appears to be heading for adoption. The legislation will now be sent to the president to be signed into law, creating significant opportunities for alternative binders such as those based upon MDI. |
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New method of application for BayfomoxLanxess has successfully opened up new applications for its construction material Bayfomox that displays exceptional flame-retardant properties. As a result, it can now also be applied to components in the form of a spray foam coating. |
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Toolkit - REACH for PolymersiSmithers, the information business within Smithers Rapra, has joined an eight-strong consortium that will produce a ‘REACH Toolkit’ to aid the European polymer industry in its implementation of REACH. |
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Velox to distribute PCC Rokita polyether polyolsPCC Rokita SA has signed an agreement with Velox GmbH for the distribution of Rokopol polyether polyols in France, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia. |
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BASF to buy CognisCognis Holding Luxembourg S.à r.l., controlled by Permira Funds, GS Capital Partners and SV Life Sciences, signed a sale and purchase agreement to sell 100 % of the shares in Cognis Holding GmbH to BASF SE for an equity purchase price of EUR 700 million. |
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Dow and BASF receive Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge AwardDow Chemical and BASF received a 2010 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award at a ceremony held at the Ronald Reagan Center in Washington, D.C. The two companies were honoured for their jointly developed hydrogen peroxide to propylene oxide (HPPO) technology that vastly improves the production process of a key chemical intermediate, propylene oxide. Propylene oxide from the HPPO process can be used in a variety of applications from home insulation, appliances, automobiles and furniture to aircraft de-icers, paints, brake fluids and pharmaceuticals. |
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