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HIGHLIGHTS OF 1998 ISSUES
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April/May 1998
Vol. 15, no. 2This issue contains an overview of recent developments in the polyurethane elastomers industry.
As usual, this issue contains a wide range of top news stories, bringing readers up to date on the latest commercial and technical developments around the world, including:
3 Chinese tell European majors ICI Polyurethanes and BASF AG to combine their MDI projects into one world-scale 160-kt plant. Dow takes full control of Chinese venture; BASF adds in South America.
6 German automotive seating firm Grammer buys Bulgaria's Vazhod, sets up Chinese joint venture. Kingspan adds warehouse. Albright & Wilson globalises.
7 IPI snaps up Futura Coatings, Inc.
8 Synair adds capacity; Taiwanese firm expands; corrections.
10 Rieter in S. African JV; newsbriefs.
12 US firm in automotive joint venture with French adhesives maker; Foamex faces takeover.
13 Rubber Urethanes, precision roller maker, adds capacity inTexas; Purethane adds rotocasting.
16 PU belt maker Tilton relocates, adopts UK parent firm's name; Skate-wheel makers merge in California.
18 GM uses reaction injection moulded parts in pick-up truck beds, optional RRIM fender. Lear buys Delphi unit.
20 US sealing device maker invests $1.3M to boost output by 20 percent; Plastomer, PU foam gasket maker, cuts staff but expands after $4M investment.
22 Liquid CO2 foams for India? Chematur of Sweden in MDI joint venture with Hindustan Organic Chemicals; Asian newsbriefs.
24 ICI opens systems house in India; Hyperlast licenses PU systems to Australia's Era Polymers.
Computers Count
26 Computers help control slabstock production and optimise plant performance...
30 ...and help chemists gain fingertip control over molecular architecture.
Reviews & reports
33 Skin contact is the key to isocyanate sensitisation, says US firm.
38 David Reed reports from PU China '98 conference and exhibition; 'China is now,' says Patrick Thomas, chief executive officer of ICI Polyurethanes, as other experts detail the scale of the country's urethane business and its prospects.
41 China battles to cut CFC use, with help from MLF.
42 German aerosol foam maker sets up plant in China.
46 Blowing agent makers prepare systems for the millennium, according to report from Rapra Technology seminar.
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