Driverless Trucks
Aurora And PACCAR Team Up In Autonomous Truck Push
by Tyler DurdenThursday, Jan 21, 2021 – 14:30
Submitted by Market Crumbs,
THE URETHANE BLOG
Middle East Update
Mideast chemical supply tight on container shortages, Asian plant shutdowns
Author: Felicia Loo
2021/01/21
SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Middle East’s petrochemical markets are facing tight supply,
BASF Expecting Better Q4
BASF Group releases preliminary figures for fourth quarter of 2020 and full year 2020
Q4 2020:
- Sales expected to be €15,905 million (Q4 2019: €14,686 million), above the prior-year quarter and above analyst consensus
- EBIT before special items expected to be €1,113 million (Q4 2019: €842 million),
PFA Call for Papers
Polyurethane Foam Association Accepting Abstracts For Technical Presentations For May 2021 Meeting
Abstract Deadline March 22, 2021
LOUDON,
Container Traffic Jam
Inside California’s Colossal Container-Ship Traffic Jam
by Tyler DurdenFriday, Jan 15, 2021 – 14:05
By Greg Miller,
Covestro Fire Impacts IPDI and HDI
Heavy! Some Products Of Covestro IPDI And HDI Encountered Force Majeure!
[Jan 14, 2021]
Recently, Covestro issued a letter stating that the Leverkusen plant’s isophoron diisocyanat (IPDI) and hexamethylene were caused by an accidental fire caused by Covestro IPDI and HDI in a cooling supplier in a German chemical park.
Covestro Certification
Covestro : receives ISCC Plus certification for its Antwerp and Uerdingen sites
01/14/2021 | 04:04am EST 14 January 2021 | 10:00 Europe/Amsterdam Covestro receives ISCC Plus certification for its Antwerp and Uerdingen sites Backward-oriented supply chain fulfills high sustainability standard Summary
- More sustainable polycarbonates and polyurethane raw materials
- Gradual conversion of production in Europe planned
- Drop-in solution for customers with constant product quality
Covestro has now received ISCC Plus mass balance certification for its Antwerp and Krefeld-Uerdingen sites.
Dow Increases Feb Polyol Hike
January 14, 2021
Polyol PRICE INCREASE
Effective February 1, 2021, or as contracts allow, The Dow Chemical Company,
ASC Board Changes
ASC Announces New Board Officers and Executive Committee for 2021-2022
Published on 2021-01-07. Author : SpecialChem
Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) announces changes in its officers and members of the executive committee for 2021-2022.
Polycoat Acquires Chemco
Polycoat Products acquires ChemCo Systems
Highlights
• Brings together ChemCo’s high performance epoxies used in construction
and transportation with Polycoat’s leadership capabilities in industrial,
