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Sales of new cars in China fell 81% in February 2020 compared with February 2019 as the coronavirus shutdown took effect, according to numbers from LMC Automotive.
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Sinomax, a flexible foam to sleep products company, 2019 sales were HK$ 2.997bn ($386 m) down 29.7% on the previous financial year.
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A team of scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig has found a soil bacterium that will feed on polyurethane.
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Automotive seating manufacturer Lear has added capacity at its AccuMed production facility to produce protective masks for use in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Flexible foam company Pelma is supplying foam for a disposable face mask that could be useful against exposure to Coronavirus.
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Seven US mattress makers and two trades unions have filed petitions claiming that mattresses made in Cambodia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam 'materially damaging' US producers.
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Wanhua posted CNY68bn ($10bn) annual revenue in 2019, down by 7% from 2018. Net profit fell by 35% to CNY10bn.
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North America – This story will be updated with information from North American foam and mattress makers reacting to the coronavirus crisis.
Latest update 31 March 2020
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Europe's flexible polyurethane foam makers expect production to fall between 30-80% compared to normal conditions over the next few weeks, as the effects of the Coronavirus crisis and national lockdowns hit the industry.
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ISPA says many of its members are using their manufacturing resources to help meet supply challenges in US hospitals. In addition to making hospital beds and other mattresses, some are converting their sewing operations to safety mask production.