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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Gaydon, UK, recently announced a significant technical breakthrough in the closed-loop recycling of polyurethane seat foam from its used vehicles by successfully reintegrating it back into the production of new seats.

Woodbridge (headwuartered in Mississauga, ON, Canada) and Chengpeng (Changzhou, China) have entered into a joint venture agreement to manufacture commercial and passenger seat foam, the company recently announced.

Acquisition of the Hungarian factory (Philippine Kft) of insolvent Philippine GmbH & Co Technische Kunststoffe KG

Yesterday, CPI kicked things off with a bang, bringing together nearly 900 industry leaders from the entire polyurethanes value chain. Day 2 was again a day packed with exciting presentations and good talks at the Exhibition and Poster Session.

The REHAU Automotive site in Feuchtwangen is expanding its production repertoire with a ColorForm system from KraussMaffei.

In response to evolving trends in industries such as automotive and footwear, Covestro has developed several innovative adhesive solutions that prioritize performance, efficiency and sustainability. Unveiled at the 27th China Adhesive and Tape Annual Conference, these locally developed waterborne polyurethane adhesive solution, branded Dispercoll® U and Dispercoll® U PLUS, support iterative upgrades in downstream industries through raw material innovations.

Lubrizol Advanced Materials (Cleveland, OH, USA) will present its ESTANE® TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) solutions at the NAR Coating Technology booth at the Automechanika trade show in Frankfurt, Germany, next week.

As the popularity of new energy vehicles (NEVs) grows, so does the demand for lighter-weight and higher-performing materials, as well as more efficient production of essential components, such as battery packs. To meet this need, Covestro has collaborated with a Chinese partner to develop the Baypreg® STM polyurethane (PU) battery cover solution,

Henkel and 4JET collaborate to introduce a groundbreaking process for producing silent tires designed for electric vehicles

The new issue (02/2024) of PU magazine is finished and currently being printed. You can already read it by clicking on the thumbnails on the website.

First day at NPE (Orlando, FL, USA) and first event in the morning: Press conference at KraussMaffei. PU magazine visited the booth and learned the latest news about the ColorForm One-Shot process. Based on the principle of multi-component injection molding, which has been proven for many years, ColorForm can now be applied to larger (e.g. automotive) components.

Winners of the UTECH Europe Awards 2024 were announced today at the UTECH Europe global polyurethane conference and exhibition in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Automotive experts from Huntsman have added a series of new lightweight, durable polyurethane foam technologies to the company’s battery solutions portfolio that have been developed for the potting and fixation of cells mounted in electric vehicle (EV) batteries.