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Polyurethanes improve flight properties of the European championship "Tango 12" soccer ball
What do the tango, which originates in Latin America, and the official soccer ball of the same name for this year's European Soccer Championship have in common? A variety of steps, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, an armory of twists and turns and endless vitality. Soccer fans are looking forward once again to watching exciting games in stadiums, beer gardens and their living rooms during UEFA EURO 2012 in June. more02.05.2012Huntsman Profit Jumps on Demand
Huntsman's quarterly profit beat Wall Street's expectations by a wide margin due to higher prices for chemicals used in insulation and paint, sending the company's shares up more than 11%. The results show that demand is beginning to pick up in key markets Huntsman serves, including clothing, housing, construction and auto production. more03.01.2012Huntsman Acquires Turkish Polyurethanes Systems Company
Huntsman has acquired EMA Kimya Sistemleri Sanayi ve Ticaret, an MDI-based polyurethanes systems house in Istanbul, Turkey. As a result of the deal, EMA will become part of Huntsman's Polyurethanes division and will be known as Huntsman-EMA. EMAs' two major shareholders, Gulum Kabil and Engin Tataroğlu, will continue to manage the business operations of the new venture.more10.10.2011
Saudi Aramco, Dow Sign JV Agreement For Sadara Chemical
Dow Chemical and Saudi Aramco have signed a joint venture shareholders agreement for Sadara Chemical Company. more17.08.2011Solvay Joins Sadara to Build Hydrogen Peroxide Plant in Jubail
Solvay said it will form a 50/50 joint venture with Sadara Chemical Company for the construction and operation of a hydrogen peroxide plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. more26.05.2011BASF to Build World's Largest Single-Train TDI Plant In Europe
BASF will build the world's largest single-train TDI (toluene diisocyanate) plant in Europe. The plant will have a capacity of 300,000 metric tons per year and will be fully integrated with precursor production. The TDI plant will be located at one of the company's integrated Verbund sites in Antwerp, Belgium or Ludwigshafen, Germany and will start production in 2014. more
Betting on Polyurethanes
Big Bucks for Sustainability - In the 21st century, sources and management of energy have become global and national priorities. Countries around the world have included funding for energy-efficient technologies in their respective stimulus programs. In the U.S., $44 billion of the $787 billion stimulus package was earmarked for investments in sustainable energy, and $6.3 billion was slated for state and local governments to improve energy efficiency in existing structures. more16.03.2010Betting on Polyurethanes
Big Bucks for Sustainability - In the 21st century, sources and management of energy have become global and national priorities. Countries around the world have included funding for energy-efficient technologies in their respective stimulus programs. In the U.S., $44 billion of the $787 billion stimulus package was earmarked for investments in sustainable energy, and $6.3 billion was slated for state and local governments to improve energy efficiency in existing structures. more05.03.2010Dow Formulated Systems and E.A. Juffali & Brothers Sign Business Alliance
Dow Formulated Systems and E.A. Juffali & Brothers announced they signed a business alliance in their polyurethane systems business. In addition to combining both companies' offerings of products and services, the alliance anticipates the construction of a polyol blends manufacturing plant, planned for 2010, in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The planned facility will produce Dow-formulated polyols, and the respective Dow polyurethane systems will be marketed in the region. more27.01.2010Huntsman: New Systems House in Russia
In a move to further build on its operations in Russia, Huntsman Polyurethanes Russia, Huntsman located in the U.S., has opened a new systems house in Obninsk, Russia. The new production plant is located at the site of ZAO Huntsman-NMG, the joint venture Huntsman entered into with PUR-specialist ZAO NMG-Polikon in 2007. According to a report from Plastics Information Eurpoe, the new systems house will be run by ZAO Huntsman-NMG, and the group was not looking to deviate from its existing strategy in Russia. more- Legal
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