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Recticel Insulation obtains PEFC label for PIR and PUR insulation products

04 May 2022

Belgium: The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) has certified Recticel Insulation’s Recticel Eurothane GP, Eurothane Eurodeck and Eurowall Cavity polyisocyanurate (PIR) and polyurethane (PUR) as meeting good forest management standards. This ensures customers that the products’ multilayer paper facings are sustainably sourced.

Head of technical management Dirk Vermeulen said “With the PEFC label on our insulation products, we provide proof of our commitment to sustainability to architects, turnkey companies, project developers and contractors, as well as end-users.”

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Recticel gains PEFC certification for multilayer thermal insulation products

04 February 2022

Belgium: Recticel Insulation has obtained Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) for its multilayer thermal insulation products. It says that it is the first polyisocyanurate (PIR) and polyurethane (PUR) producer to do so. The insulation manufacturer will be selling thermal insulation products, with multilayer paper facings made from wood fibres sourced from a PEFC-certified and sustainably managed forests. The PEFC label will be added to its Recticel Eurowall, Eurothane Silver, Eurothane Silver A, Eurofloor, Euroroof, Eurothane GP, Eurowall Cavity and Eurothane Eurodeck products.

Recticel Insulation already held the PEFC label for some of its insulation products manufactured at its plants in Bourges, France and Stoke-on-Trent, UK. The certification is now being gradually rolled out to more products and to all plants where multilayer facings are used.

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Triple Helix to build polyurethane recycling plant at Port of Antwerp

03 February 2022

Netherlands: Belgium-based Triple Helix has signed an agreement as one of the first concessionaires at the NextGen District at the Port of Antwerp. It plans to build a plant to convert polyurethane foam, from insulation panels and other sources, into polyols. These chemicals can then be reused, for example in the production of new polyurethane products. The plant is intended to be fully circular and self-sufficient in terms of energy.

Steven Peleman, the chief executive officer of Triple Helix, said “To drastically reduce emissions and waste pollution, we want to show the principle of material reincarnation to the world. In our plant at NextGen District, we want to recover polyurethane foams at the end of their life and transform them into their main components to be used again in new products. This is innovative and challenging, but with Port of Antwerp, BlueChem and our industrial and knowledge partners, we are ready to fight this battle. Not words but deeds!”

The Port of Antwerp has set aside the former 88 hectare General Motors site to develop into a future circular economy hotspot. Rubber and plastics recycling company US-based Bolder Industries has also signed up for an early place at the port.

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Pearl Polyurethane appoints three new board members

28 September 2021

UAE: Pearl Polyurethane has newly appointed Oliver Bruns, Michael Friede and Wilhelm Lamberts to its board. Chemical Industry Digest News has reported that the new board members’ experience collectively spans various sectors and industries, bringing broad and deep expertise to the polyurethane (PUR) producer’s strategic guidance and oversight as it expands internationally and into new verticals.

Bruns has over 10 years’ PUR industry experience with Germany-based Bayer AG and Covestro, formerly known as Bayer MaterialScience. This included a role as managing director of Bayer’s Czech Republic-based PUR system house for Eastern Europe. Bruns currently also holds a full-time CEO position at Neveon, a leading global integrated foam group that supplies PUR flexible and composite foams for a wide range of applications.

Friede started his career at Bayer AG in 2001 and held various senior executive roles at Bayer MaterialScience and then Covestro, including global head of coatings, adhesives and specialities. He then moved to Netherlands-based AkzoNobel, where he worked as chief commercial officer (CCO) of performance coatings.

Lamberts’ career also spans multiple executive roles at Bayer AG and Covestro, most recently as the former’s strategy project manager and senior vice president, head of elastometers and the latter’s innovation project manager.

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BCI Holding to expand Egyptian polyurethane plant and build new plants in Algeria and Nigeria

09 September 2021

Africa: UAE-based BCI Holding plans to expand its polyurethane (PUR) plant in Egypt. Arab Finance News has reported that the company also intends to establish to new PU plants, in Algeria and Nigeria. For the realisation of these plans, it will partly rely on a US$30.0m financing package from the International Finance Corporation. The PU supplier expects the moves to generate 80 new direct jobs. It said its strategy aims to combat poverty and create jobs by supporting the growth of the private sector in the Middle East and Africa. It added that the new plants will also help strengthen regional integration and technology transfer, and the development of regional supply chains.

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Pearl Polyurethane plans major capacity expansion by September 2026

07 September 2021

UAE: Pearl Polyurethane Systems plans to double its polyurethane (PUR) production capacity over the five years up to September 2026.

CEO Martin Kruczinna said “The newly structured entity of Pearl Polyurethane, combined with the reconfirmed long-term relationship with Covestro, enables us to create win-win solutions for our existing and new customers.” He added “While we plan to further increase our market share in selected Middle Eastern and North African countries, the real leverage will come from moving beyond those borders and launching innovative new products. Our advantageous location in Dubai as a regional trading hub puts several attractive markets within easy reach. We expect our unique value proposition of being able to reliably deliver high quality service and products at competitive prices should be valued in new international markets. We intend to capitalise on these growth opportunities and position Pearl as the preferred PUR solutions partner for customers in a growing number of industries, not only in the Middle East but also internationally.”

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Fire reported at polyurethane plant in the UK

31 August 2021

UK: Leeson Polyurethanes’ adhesive and coatings plant in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire caught fire following a series of explosions on the morning of 27 August 2021. Worcester News has reported that one person known to have been working in the plant at the time remains unaccounted for on 31 August 2021. Emergency services extinguished the blaze but have been unable to enter the site so far. The smoke cloud from the fire was visible over 60km away. It resulted in an evacuation of neighbouring residential streets.

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Construction Products Association and Builders Merchants Federation warn of UK polyurethane and polyisocyanurate insulation shortages

11 March 2021

UK: The Construction Products Association and the Builders Merchants Federation have raised the issue of low short-term availability of polyurethane (PUR) and polyisocyanurate (PIR) insulation. The associations attributed the shortages to the effects of ‘historically’ high raw materials costs on production. These it said resulted from high international demand for raw materials and finished products and challenges as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The associations expect PUR and PIR availability to improve in the third quarter of 2021. They said that long-term demand growth was set to continue, in part due to the government’s 2050 net zero carbon target.

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Assan Panel launches AssanBoard polyurethane-polyisocyanurate and AssanWool stone wool insulation boards

06 January 2021

Turkey: Assan Panel has added two new insulation boards to its product range. Its new AssanBoard insulation boards consist of a polyurethane (PUR)-polyisocyanurate (PIR) mix, while its new AssanWool insulation boards are made of stone wool. The company says that both boards are suitable for roof trapezoidal sheet, seam system, cassette and curtain wall system use, as well as for use in acoustic applications and fire compartment applications.

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Huntsman raises nine-month income as sales fall

02 November 2020

US: Huntsman’s net income in the first nine months of 2020 was US$691m, more than doubled from US$259m in the corresponding period of 2019. This was in spite of a fall in sales of 15% to US$4.35bn from US$5.14bn. Its polyurethanes (PU) segment recorded sales of US$2.55bn, down by 13% from US$2.93bn, and earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of US$271m, down by 36% from US$426m. The company attributed the sector’s sales fall in the third quarter of 2020 to “lower methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) average selling prices,” which “decreased across most major markets in relation to the global economic slowdown resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.” It added, “Overall polyurethanes sales volumes were roughly flat when including sales volumes in connection with the Icynene-Lapolla Acquisition. The increase in segment adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to lower raw material costs and lower fixed costs, as well as additional sales volumes in connection with the Icynene-Lapolla Acquisition, partially offset by lower MDI pricing.”

President, chair and chief executive officer (CEO) Peter Huntsman said, “The third quarter proved to be better than we had anticipated with improving conditions in almost all of our businesses. Although the global community continues to face significant challenges around Covid-19, we see positive momentum entering the fourth quarter. We remain fully on track in integrating our two downstream acquisitions completed earlier this year and in delivering in excess of US$100m of annualised synergies and savings from our previously announced cost optimization initiative by the end of 2021.”

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