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INDUSTRY
23. Jul. 2010 - 13:39
Evonik acquires PU additives business of BYK-Chemie
Evonik Industries is strengthening its position in the...
20. Jul. 2010 - 10:36
BMS expands capabilities for medical coatings...
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has recently made...
19. Jul. 2010 - 09:10
BASF raises prices for IPDA in Europe
BASF is raising its prices for isophorone diamine...
16. Jul. 2010 - 12:19
Mondi Coatings acquires US coating plant
Mondi Akrosil LLC has entered into an asset agreement...
PU TECH 2011
K 2010 SPECIAL
17. May. 2010
Multitalented elastic materials for undercover...
When most people think about rubber, the first thing...
26. Apr. 2010
Innovation Compass shows route to the highlights of...
No other trade fair in the plastics and rubber...
TECHNOLOGY
20. July 2010 - 10:34
PU systems for concrete form liners

16. July 2010 - 13:52
Lubricious coatings improve...

PERSONNEL
17. June 2010 - 10:52
Smith to follow Delmoitiez at BASF...

17. June 2010 - 10:51
Lapolla names new CFO

LITERATURE
12. July 2010 - 09:39
The European Market for Seating

08. July 2010 - 10:14
Handbook of Material Biodegradation,...

COMPANY BROCHURES
24. May 2010 - 15:48
Polyurea Status Report

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


LATEST NEWS

Technology

Dream Production project uses CO2 to produce PPP and PU materials

Research 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).

Industry

Chemtura opens new technical centre in China

Chemtura has opened a new Application Development Center (ADC) in the Nanjing Economic & Technological Development Zone in China.

Industry

Bridgestone establishes a diversified products oversight company in China

Bridgestone has established the Bridgestone Diversified Products China Co., Ltd. in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China.

Industry

BorsodChem lenders approve financial restructuring

Hungarian 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.

Industry

USA set to approve formaldehyde standards

With 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.

Technology

New method of application for Bayfomox

Lanxess 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.

Technology

Toolkit - REACH for Polymers

iSmithers, 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.

Industry

Velox to distribute PCC Rokita polyether polyols

PCC Rokita SA has signed an agreement with Velox GmbH for the distribution of Rokopol polyether polyols in France, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

Industry

BASF to buy Cognis

Cognis 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.

Industry

Dow and BASF receive Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award

Dow 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.


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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