Americas
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.
In October 2018 the US imported a total of 1.65m mattresses. This is a 13% increase on the same month last year, but the year to date total is flat.
The Woodlands, Texas – Huntsman is to pay $350m in cash for Icynene-Lapolla, furthering its spray foam strategy. The deal should close in the first half of 2020.
Icynene-Lapolla has added a new low-pressure, low-density, two-component spray polyurethane foam to its portfolio.
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.
Mitsubishi Chemical is buying AdvanSource Biomaterials' thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer business.
Cambrian Solutions is to distribute Evonik’s Vestanat, Vestagon and Amicure aliphatic isocyanates and polycarbamide crosslinkers in Canada.
The number of US building permits issued in the first ten months of 2019 was down by 1.78% at 13.05 m.
Adaptive3D has added a new high tear-strength direct curing elastomer to its range, Elastic ToughRubber 90.
Adient, which makes automotive seating and interiors, found that its adjusted EBITDA fell 34% to $787m in 2019
