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DUPONT
Takeover of Rogers fails / Chinese hurdles end USD 5.2 bn bid
04.11.2022
MOMENTIVE
Italian plant for PU additives goes into operation
14.10.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
TDI: Supply situation suffers bottlenecks / Plant shutdowns in Europe / Italian furniture industry desperate for material
12.10.2022
POLYURETHANE FOAM
TDI shortage hits flexible foam supply / Impact felt at European furniture, mattress firms / Historic high prices likely
30.09.2022
POLYURETHANE FOAM
Downturn in European flexible foam demand continues / TDI supply expected to improve / Mattress recycling making progress
26.09.2022
KIMPUR
Sales more than double at Turkish PU firm / Plant expansion continues after IPO / TPU distribution for Wanhua
01.09.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
TDI: Possibly none of European plants in operation / BASF material on allocation
19.08.2022
MOL
Q2 earnings up on higher hydrocarbon prices / Petrochemical sales, margins down significantly
17.08.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
TDI: Covestro declares force majeure for production in Dormagen, Germany
15.08.2022
BASF
Final stage of North American MDI upgrade / Capacity doubled from 2016 / Feedstock made from shale gas
21.07.2022
HUNTSMAN
Start-up of new MDI splitter in US / Increase in proportion of high-quality products
19.07.2022
COVESTRO
Deal to sell climate-neutral MDI to former JV partner Pearl
27.06.2022
LANXESS
Pocan PBT materials for connector applications unveiled / Introduction of PU systems
27.06.2022
POLYURETHANE MARKET
Asia-Pacific output to increase over 5% annually for next five years / Industry still below pre-pandemic levels / Rigid foam production declines / IAL report
23.06.2022
PERSTORP
Expanded output for renewable polyols / Headquarters production to shift away from fossil sources
14.06.2022
SK CHEMICALS
Production start for starch-based polyols / Focus on bio-precursors, polymers
07.06.2022
REPSOL
More polymer polyol output planned for Spain / Focus on higher quality flexible foam applications
31.05.2022
COVESTRO
Spanish manufacturing begins for NDI prepolymers
30.05.2022
MOL
Q1 earnings drop on volatility and lower petrochemical margins / Plans for large-scale green hydrogen plant at Danube refinery / Assistance in Ukraine to maintain energy network
16.05.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PU: BASF declares force majeure for polyether polyols, PU systems in EMEA
06.05.2022
KIMPUR
Turkish PU systems supplier on growth track / Second plant in Turkey / JV with Latvian Adamantan
13.04.2022
RECTICEL
Sale of comfort division to Aquinos / Deal includes nine production sites
12.04.2022
PLASTICS RECYCLING
Spanish researchers join study of hard-to-recycle waste
01.04.2022
MOL
Construction begins on Hungarian propylene plant / Plan to make site “chemicals capital”
31.03.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF: Another force majeure on PU precursors at US plant in Louisiana
29.03.2022
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