There was a hands-on theme at this year's PDA-Europe meeting held on 21 and 22 November here. 

Grupo Antolin, which uses polyurethane extensively in car interior components, generated sales of EUR 1.2bn in Q3 2019.

Automotive retail sales in the US are likely to be 1.18m units in November 2019.  This is a 1.2% rise compared with November 2018, according to consultants JD Power and LMC Automotive.

A team from Covestro and RWTH Aachen were finalists in the Deutscher Zukunftsprei, the German President's prize by  Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmer in late November.

Mitsubishi Chemical is buying  AdvanSource Biomaterials' thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer business. 
 

BASF's Elastocoat C6226/107 a polyurethane resin for pultrusion that is stable at up 200° C has won an Award.

 The number of US building permits issued in the first ten months of 2019 was down by 1.78% at 13.05 m.

 Polyurethane production in Japan rose by 2.4% in September 2019, compared with the same month in 2018. 

Baalbaki Chemical Industries hosted a Spray Foam Seminar in the Hamriyah Free Zone Auditorium in early November. 

Foam Partner plans to open a EUR 10m converting centre for its technical foams businesses here in 2020. It will replace and update the Kureta business it owns in Stadtallendorf, Germany.

Automotive seating and interiors company Grammer generated sales of EUR 1549.6m in the third quarter of 2019. This is higher by 11% than the same period in 2018.

Cornerstone Building Brands, formerly NCI Building Systems, generated $1.3 bn sales in the third quarter of 2019.

Adidas, a sports footwear giant, sales were EUR 6.4bn in the third quarter of 2019.

 Purple Innovation, a bed-in-a-box company, generated sales of $117.4 m in the third quarter of 2019.