Chinese fine chemical firm Blue Ridge Tunhe Energy successfully trialled its 104kT/year BDO facility in Changji, Xinjiang on December 30. 

India's Sheela foam Group has purchased a new Variable Pressure Foaming machine from Opus Technical, taking its total to four.

Adient, a global automotive seating giant, grew adjusted EBITDA across the business by 69% in the first quarter of 2020 through cost savings, efficiency and business discipline. 

Detroit, Michigan – Automotive seating supplier Adient has sold its license to use the Recaro brand in seats to Raven Acquisition. Adient also sold its 31.% stake in its joint venture with Yanfeng, to its partner.

Italian CASE manufacturer Cervellati is now part of the French-headquartered Exsto Group. 

The Indian Polyurethane Association (IPUA) and Gautam Buddha University (GBU) are jointly introducing a one-year Post-Graduate Diploma aimed at people in the polyurethane industry. The course features an Industrial internship.
 

3D printing specialist Forecast 3D has announced a strategic partnership with Lubrizol. It will use Lubrizol’s TPU materials in its HP Jet Fusion 4200 series 3D printers.

Lear Corp, which makes automotive seating and interior products found its sales were $19.8 bn in 2019. This is 6% lower than in 2018.