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June 11, 2025A holistic solution provider for the polyurethane industry
When the doors to FOAM EXPO North America open from 24th to 26th June 2025 in Novi, Michigan, the Hennecke GROUP will be represented by an extensive technology portfolio.- June 03, 2025
UTECH Las Americas 2025 - doors open this week
UTECH Las Americas 2025, organized by Crain Communications, offers three impactful days of innovation, knowledge-sharing, and high-value networking—all under one roof, and all free to attend. 
June 02, 2025New comprehensive LCA-software for flexible polyurethane foam
EUROPUR introduces PUReLCA®, a comprehensive LCA-software designed and developed specifically to calculate environmental impact of flexible polyurethane foam formulations. It enables rapid generation of third-party verified cradle-to-gate Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) or Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA) data for specific formulations, ensuring compliance with LCA standards and ready to be communicated in the supply chain.
May 30, 2025New book on Polyurethanes
A new book featuring a comprehensive overview on the topic of Polyurethanes by Berend Eling and Wolfgang Friederichs will be published soon. You can now pre-order it through PU magazine
May 29, 2025Stepan to sell Philippine Assets
Stepan Company (Northbrook, IL, USA) recently announced that its subsidiary, Stepan Philippines Quaternaries, has entered into an agreement to sell SPQI's manufacturing assets located in Bauan, Batangas, Philippines to Masurf, Inc., a subsidiary of Musim Mas Holdings.
May 29, 2025Impact of Tariff Increases on the Polyether Polyol Market
Impact of Tariff Increases and Trade Pattern Shifts on the Polyether Polyol Market, with a focus on China
May 28, 2025Extended automotive portfolio with intumescent coating
New product to help provide passive fire protection in EVs to be unveiled at Battery Show Visit Huntsman at The Battery Show Europe at Booth F86 (Hall 8) at Stuttgart Messe from 3-5 June 2025
May 28, 2025Biodegradable flexible polyurethane foam containing tapioca starch and castor oil
A research project, now published in the journal Scientific Reports, focused on developing flexible polyurethane foams with high biodegradability, suitable as substrates for growing vegetables or cereal sprouts.
May 27, 2025Vita Advanced Mattress won ‘Best of the Best’ award at Interzum 2025
Vita (Manchester, UK) proudly announced that the company received four awards at Interzum 2025. Including ‘Best of the Best’, for the innovative ‘Vita Advanced’ concept mattress, which has been developed in collaboration with Evonik and Covestro
May 20, 2025New standards in PU foam block production
Cannon Viking (Manchester, UK), a global leader in advanced turnkey plants for polyurethane foam block production, introduces its revolutionary PURFORM and PURFORM Elite machines. These next-generation solutions will be available globally starting May 20, 2025, representing a transformative leap forward in continuous slabstock production.
May 14, 2025Polyurethanes Technical Conference (CPI) registration now open
Join Experts in St. Louis, Mo., for Cutting-Edge Technical Sessions and In-Depth Panel Discussions on Key Industry Topics.
May 12, 2025China’s TDI Market
Has China’s TDI Market Bottomed Out? (PUdaily) China’s TDI market rebounded slightly after a sharp decline in April, but the overall monthly price drop exceeded the gains. The market continued to decline at the beginning of the month due to ongoing excess supply.
May 09, 2025China Southern Airlines cooperates with Recaro for R3 economy seating
RECARO Aircraft Seating (Schwäbisch Hall, Germany), a global leader in premium aircraft seating solutions, is proud to announce that China Southern Airlines is the first airline customer in mainland China to select the latest R3 Economy Class seats for their new Airbus A350-900 fleet. This strategic partnership includes the installation of R3 seats across 10 aircraft, scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of 2026.
May 08, 2025Evonik switches to green electricity for PU-additive production
Evonik (Essen, Germany) is making further strides in its sustainability journey with the conversion of its remaining PU-additive production assets across the globe to green electricity. The entire Comfort & Insulation business line’s global polyurethane (PU) production footprint now runs on green electricity.
May 07, 2025Somnigroup announced multiple Mattress Firm supplier arrangements
Somnigroup International Inc. (Dallas, TX, USA) recently provided an update with respect to the Company's U.S. retail operations at Mattress Firm, Inc. Mattress Firm is the largest mattress specialty retailer in the US. The Company announced today that Mattress Firm has signed supply arrangements with two leading bedding manufacturers.
May 06, 2025Covestro and INEOS agree on LNG Gas Supply Agreement
INEOS and Covestro have today announced a significant long-term agreement for the supply of natural gas for up to eight years, starting 2027.
May 05, 2025Huntsman Announces new Division President,
Huntsman Corporation (The Woodlands, TX, USA) announced today that Tony Hankins, the Division President of the Company's Polyurethanes business unit, has elected to retire at the end of this calendar year, and that Steen Weien Hansen, currently serving as Senior Vice President, responsible for the global automotive, elastomers and the Americas business units in the Division, will be appointed Division President of Huntsman Polyurethanes effective June 1, 2025.
May 02, 2025Market Trends in China Rigid PU Foam Industry Forum 2025
As a professional polyurethane market intelligence platform in China, PUdaily was honored to be invited to participate in the forum and to share the report titled <Review and Development of China’s Rigid Polyurethane Foam Industry Amid Global Trade Turbulence>. Claire Yang, senior market analyst from PUdaily, presented the report.
April 30, 2025New TPU material series optimized for supercritical fluid (SCF) injection foaming technology
Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany) has announced the launch of Desmopan® FLY, an advanced Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) series specifically engineered for supercritical fluid (SCF) foaming technology.
April 29, 2025New specialty chemicals laboratory in Shanghai inaugurated
Perstorp (Malmö Perstorp,Sweden) and BRB (Ittervoort, the Netherlands), wholly-owned subsidiaries of PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad, inaugurated a new innovation hub in Shanghai, China.
April 29, 2025Applying sustainable solutions to golf balls
SK Chemicals (Seongnam-si, South Korea) announced today that it has begun applying its biobased material ECOTRION to the 2025 Z-Star series golf balls from SRIXON, a global golf brand under Dunlop Sports Korea.
April 28, 2025Covation Biomaterials announced launch of BioPTMEG at Chinaplas
Biobased alternative to petroleum-based PTMEG to help customers reduce their reliance on non-renewable materials and maintain the durability and resilience of spandex, polyurethanes and thermoplastic elastomers.
April 25, 2025Huntsman to launch bio-based I-BOND® resins for composite wood products
Huntsman, one of the leading global companies in the development of polyurethane-based resins for the manufacture of composite wood products, will be exhibiting at LIGNA 2025 in May and will unveil two new bio-based products at the world’s leading trade fair for woodworking and wood processing technology.
April 23, 2025FRIMO Innovative Technologies organizes PURe Production Day
FRIMO Innovative Technologies organizes PURe Production Day – Share insights and discover discover the many interesting possibilities to realize PU applications for small and large quantities
April 22, 2025New electrical casting systems for the rail industry
RAMPF Advanced Polymers (Grafenberg, Germany) has developed high-performance polyurethane casting systems for the rail industry with EN 45545-2 certification.
April 21, 2025SK chemicals showcases sustainable solutions during ECS 2025
SK chemicals (Seongnam-si, South Korea) participated in the European Coatings Show (ECS) 2025, held in Nuremberg, Germany, for the first time, strengthening marketing efforts for each material.
April 15, 2025Rekortan products earn USDA certified biobased product labels
Rekortan® (Evans City, PA, USA), an industry-leading running track surface from Advanced Polymer Technology (APT), announced three of its polyurethane-based products have earned the right to display U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product labels, which highlight the percentage of a product's biobased content.
April 14, 2025BASF’s Cellasto® invests €60 million to establish a second plant in China
Cellasto®, the world leader in Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) components, is investing roughly €60 million to establish a second plant in Shanghai, China.
April 10, 2025Europur cooperates with IPUA to extend CertiPur foam certification in India
EUROPUR, the European Association of Flexible Polyurethane Foam Blocks Manufacturers (Brussels,Belgium), and the Indian Polyurethane Association (IPUA) (Delhi, India). have signed a strategic agreement to extend the CertiPUR™ certification scheme for flexible polyurethane foams to India.
April 09, 2025Landmark contract for state-of-the-art foam plant in India
Laader Berg (Aalesund, Norway), a global leader in foaming machine production, is excited to announce a groundbreaking partnership with Shaya Polymers Limited, a renowned manufacturer of technical foam for high-end automotive components and comfort products for furniture and mattresses.
