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Articles in December, 2006 issue of Urethanes Technology

• Frimo adds Konal people: Frimo adds UK agent: takes on ex-Konal staff.(newslines)(Frimo Group)(Jens-Jurgen Hartel, Jurgen Lause, Armin Daniel)
  by White, Liz
• The missing link in foam? Electron-beam-cured flexible foam becomes new hard StructUre.(newslines)(FoamPartner)(Editorial)
  by White, Liz
• Bayer settles US suit.(US newsbriefs)(Brief article)
• BASF shuts THF unit.(tetrahydrofuran)(Brief article)
• Ciba develops in Shanghai: soaring sales mean China's importance rises for additives firm.(china foucs)(Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc. )
  by White, Liz
• BASF, Dow assess TDI plant: 300 ktpa toluene diisocyanate unit could come on stream in 2011.(Dow Chemical Co. )
  by White, Liz
• Prize winning PU.(Thieme GmbH und Company KG wins award from Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen for their polyurethane design)(Brief article)
• Ford advances with soya: US car maker using soya polyols in PU seat foam at 40 percent.(Ford Motor Co.)
  by White, Liz
• Dow: HPPO in Thailand? Strategy in Asia Pacific may include PO/derivatives plant.(world newslines)
  by White, Liz
• China market varies: prestige-sensitive here, price sensitive there.(automotive update)(Industry overview)
  by White, Liz
• UTECH 2009 dates.
• Baxenden invests.(Baxenden Chemicals Company Ltd. installs a new reactor-venting system)(Brief article)
• Graco moving RIM to Ohio: more central location will serve customers better.(US newslines)(GusmerDecker business, reaction injection moulding)
  by Graco
• Robotic fridge recycling.(US newsbriefs)(Jaco Environmental Inc. uses new technology to recycle refrigerators)(Brief article)
• Joyce: PU gone for good.(world newsbriefs)(Joyce Corp. Ltd sells its polyurethane and polystyrene foam businesses to Sheela Foam Private Ltd)(Brief article)
• Flexible consolidation.(china focus)(Recticel Foam Corp. focuses on chinese markets which demand flexible foam)(Brief article)
• Innovation in PU rules.(polyurethanes)(Editorial)(Brief article)
  by White, Liz
• Record sales at K-M.(Krauss-Maffei AG)(Brief article)
• Foamex gets finance.(Foamex International Inc.)(Brief article)
• Pakistan firm to use PU.(world newsbrief)(AuVitronics Limited buys polyurethane foam equipment from Krauss-Maffei Kunstofftechnik GmbH)(Brief article)
• CSM's versatility on view: Hennecke invites customers to see composite process in action.(composite spraying)(composite spray moulding technology)(Editorial)
  by White, Liz
• DSM sets up PUD plant.(polyurethane dispersions)(Koninklijke DSM N.V.)(Brief article)
• Innovation rewarded: FSK awards PU prizes to student Wend, Hauff-Technik, Faurecia.(newslines)(Fachverband Schaumkunststoffe EV)(polyurethanes)
  by White, Liz
• Habasit widens belt reach: Habasit boosts PU, plastics, rubber, belting operations.(Habasit Belting Inc.)
  by McNulty, Mike
• Stent deal with Allium.(AorTech Inc. signs contract with Allium Medical Inc.)(Brief article)
• Recticel encapsulates.(automotive update)
• Thomas talks to UT.(newslines)(Patrick Thomas)(Urethanes Technology)(Interview)
• Nomura acts for TAH.(world newsbrief)(TAH Industries Inc. signs deal with Nomura Jimusho Inc.)(Brief article)
• Permira bid going ahead.
• Flexible curved wall.(newslines)(Eric Wend wins award for his flexx-movable wall)(Brief article)
• Fomo adds in Akron.(US newsbriefs)(Fomo Products, Inc. buys a unit in Akron )(Brief article)
• Ozone crisis not over: UNEP executive Steiner warns on recovery of ozone layer.(world newslines)(United Nations Environment Programme)(Editorial)
  by White, Liz
• Chinese cars for the US?(automotive apdate)(Li Shufu)(Zhejiang Geely Automobile Holdings Group)(Brief article)
  by Webb, Alysha
• Catalyst division upgraded: Huntsman improves Hungarian, Asian amines operations.(newslines)(Huntsman Performance Products)
  by Reed, David
• TDI unit operating soon: rapid progress means BMS TDI unit may restart January 2007.(US newslines)(toluene diisocyanate)(Bayer MaterialScience L.L.C.)(Editorial)(Brief article)
  by White, Liz
• ShawCor adds in Canada.(US newsbriefs)(new pipe coating capacity at Shaw Pipe Protection Ltd)(Brief article)
• MDI unit commissioned.(world newsbriefs)(methylene diphenyl diisocyanate)(Brief article)
• Island foamer expands.(china focus)(Lalith Wijeyesinghe, Arpico Flexifoam (Pvt) Ltd )(Interview)
• Xtratherm buy blocked: Kingspan's bid for UK insulation make denied by authorities.(Republic of Ireland's Competition Authority stops Kingspan Group PLC. from buying Xtratherm)(Brief article)
  by White, Liz
• Jane Kniss development chemist.(Ask the Experts)(Brief article)
• Vertellus introduces NOPs: US firm offers castor-oil-based polyols for CASE sector.(US newslines)(Vertellus Performance Materials Inc)(coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers sector)(Brief article)
  by Reed, David
• AorTech opens R&D unit: Victorian Minister opens extended Elast-Eon synthesis facility.(industrial research unit in Australia)
  by White, Liz
• Across the great divide: challenges for design in Europe production in North America.(automotive update)(Patrick Stewart of Delphi Safety & Interior Systems)(Interview)
• Fire damage at Nu Foam.(Nu-foam Products Inc.)(Brief article)
• Key events.(dates & prices)(Calendar)
• Polyurea body forming: European association to represent polyurea sector taking shape.(newslines)(Editorial)
  by Reed, David
• Quick assembly dash.(US newsbriefs)(Indiana Marine and Moulder EPW Inc. create a boat dashboard using Bayer MaterialScience AG systems)(Brief article)
• Bayer buying Ure-Tech: BMS adds Taiwanese firm's activities in thermoplastic PU.(world newslines)
  by Reed, David
• Structural insulated panels offer rapid low-cost building--and cut energy use.(rigid foam)
  by White, Liz
• Polyols dilemma at SKC.(SKC plans to sell more propylene oxide derivatives)
• Ex-UT editor given award: Reed awarded FSK medal of honour for services to PU sector.(newslines)(David Reed, Fachverband Schaumkunststoffe eV)(Brief article)
  by White, Liz
• ITW to buy Franklynn.(US newsbriefs)
• BMS in ME systems deal: Bayer to start Middle East systems house in JV with Pearl.(world newslines)
  by White, Liz
• Automation boosts versatility and efficiency in rigid-foam panel making.(rigid foam)
  by Cristini, Sabina
• UT diary.(dates & prices)(Calendar)