The number of new cars registered in the UK in April 2020 was down 97.3% to 4321 vehicles. The last time the number of vehicles registered was lower than this was Febrary 1946, said SMMT.

Poland's flexible foamer Pianki made, sales rise 1.0% between 2017 and 2018. They reached PLN 317m in the 2018 period.

National polyol and diisocyanate producers and India's only listed flexible foam maker have all announced production shutdowns.

Kenyan foamer, Superfoam has donated 50 mattresses to the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi.

Battery-powered air purifying respirators are among the products that Huntsman said it has donated material to during the coronavirus pandemic.

World car registrations in April 2020 were down 44.8% compared with the same month in 2019 at 3.97 m units, according to LMC Automotive. 

Lanxess had total net sales of EUR 1704m in the second first quarter 2020 down 1.96% on the same period last year.

Cangzhou Dahua, one of China’s largest TDI makers, recorded CNY38m ($5.4m) net loss in Q1 2020, compared with CNY16m net profit in Q1 2019.