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Since September 2015, Bayer MaterialScience has been an independent company, operating under the new name Covestro. We continue to be a leading supplier of high-value polymers and innovative solutions for key sectors such as transportation, construction, electronics, furniture, sports equipment and more
INDRESMAT is a chemical start-up at early stage that has designed an innovative and disruptive extrusion technology for processing of thermoset PUR (Polyurethane). This new technology will enable new products for construction & industrial markets to be used in applications with high technical requir more
ExaPhen is a line of aromatic multifunctional and mannich amine polyols for rigid PUR/PIR foams. With ExaPhen we want to revolutionise the NOP market (Natural Oil Polyols) by offering the performance of the traditional polyols sourced from the beauty of the nature, but at a fair price more
Plastic products are ubiquitous. Although considered indispensable in many areas of life thanks to their versality and practicality, are they really harmless? The PlastX research group led by the Institute of Ecological Research (ISOE) has examined everyday products made of plastic and found that th more
Polyurethane waste is piling up in landfills, but scientists have a possible solution: They have developed a method to make polyurethane degradable. Once the original product's useful life is over, the polymer can easily be dissolved into ingredients to make new products such as superglue. These pol more
Covestro has signed an agreement with H.I.G. Capital (“H.I.G.”) for the sale of Covestro’s European Systems Houses business. H.I.G. focuses on investments in small and mid-sized companies. The sales proceeds amount to a high-double-digit euro million sum. The decision to sell the systems houses was more
A number of chemical materials are used in the manufacture of the Brazuca, the World Cup football. The majority of these materials are polymers; these are very long molecules built up from many smaller component molecules. A simple, everyday example is polyethene, used to make some plastic bags. Dif more
The graphic takes a look at the research of Econic Technologies, a company which uses catalysts to incorporate captured waste carbon dioxide into polymers, which can themselves be incorporated into useful plastics. more
This year’s European Championships are now well under way in France, and there’s already been some great football on show. It might surprise you to learn that some chemistry has also been taking centre-stage! The EURO 2016 ball is a triumph of materials science, and in this post we take a look at so more
4,4′-Methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (4,4′-MDI) is an immensely important intermediate and employed in the manufacturing of polyurethanes. There are many synthetic routes developed over the decades for the synthesis of 4,4′-MDI which are highly toxic and hazardous in nature for the mass production. I more
Materials, Vol. 11, Pages 352: Polyurethanes Crosslinked with Poly(vinyl alcohol) as a Slowly-Degradable and Hydrophilic Materials of Potential Use in Regenerative Medicine Materials doi: 10.3390/ma11030352 Authors: Justyna Kucińska-Lipka Novel, slowly-degradable and hydrophilic mater more
Front Cover: Atomic force microscopy topography (1 × 1 μm) and modulus map (125 × 125 nm) images reveal the rod‐like morphology of hard domains in polycaprolactone‐based segmented polyurethanes. The corresponding structural model shows these domains as parallel stacks of hard segments embedded in more
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