he number of US building permits issued in 2019 was almost unchanged at 16.03 m.

Concentrol has opened a new sampling laboratory at its headquarters north of Barcelona.

Maps of many European and North American flexible and rigid foam production sites, these are now available to purchase.

In December 2019 the US imported 1.48m mattresses. This is up by 9% or 128,000 more than were imported in December 2018.

West European car registrations the whole of 2019 were reached 14.29m units a 0.7% rise on 14.19 m units 2018 , according to data from LMC Automotive.

West European car registrations in December 2019 were up by 20.6% at 1.14 m units. compared with December 2018 , according to data from LMC Automotive.

Automotive retail sales in the US are likely to be 1.27m units in December 2019. This is a 2.8% fall compared with December 2018, according to consultants JD Power and LMC Automotive.

BCI Holding announced that it had finished increased capacity for esters at its facility in the UAE on 24 December 2019.

The number of US building permits issued in the first 11 months of 2019 was down by 1.35% at 14.42 m. 

Polyurethane production in Japan fell by 8.0% in October 2019, compared with the same month in 2018.

US becomes more self sufficient in refrigerators as imports slump in first ten months of 2019.

Recaro has opened a further 7000m2 aircraft seating factory in Qingdao to meet growing demand. 

World car registrations in November 2019 were down 2.4% compared with the same month in 2018 at 7.70 m units, according to LMC Automotive.

Operating loss and business impairments will drive auto interiors company Autoneum into a high double-digit million net loss in 2019.