Shanghai, China --The China Polyurethane Industry Association gave RIM Polymers its Industrial Excellence Award at at a ceremony on 1 September 2014.
The award was related to RIM Polymers work in developing technology to help the phase out of HFC 1414b and its replacement with cyclopentane in polyurethane insulation applications such as refrigerator, insulation panels and solar water heater industries, said the firm.
Rim Polymers said that large PU markets such as China, South Korea and India, and smaller Southeast Asia countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and South Asian countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh has also started using C5 and premix equipment.
These projects have been used as the demonstration projects of the China’s Ministry of Environment, the firm said.