FoamPartner is for sale as Swiss holding company Conzzeta, has decided to sell all but its metalworking interests.

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.

Mitsubishi Chemical is buying  AdvanSource Biomaterials' thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer business. 
 

Sinomax will raise CNY 152.5m (US$ 21.6m) by selling its stake in Chengdu Xingang, a mainland Chinese flexible foam maker and conversion company.

Huafon Spandex, the Shenzhen-listed elastane arm of Huafon Group, has absorbed the group’s PU resin and polyester polyol subsidiary, Zhejiang Huafon New Materials.

Third quarter sales of insulated panels and boards divisions at Kingspan were down on 2018. The company blames a 'substantial reduction in order intake in the UK' and weakness in Germany.

Polytek Development, which makes polyurethane systems for casting and mould making will invest around $2.1m in a new plant and facilities here.

After a career running chemical companies and turning around businesses, Jorg Schottek has turned his sights towards four of Covestro's systems businesses. Simon Robinson visited him in Hamburg to see what he plans to do with them.

Parker Hannifin completed the $3.68 bn acquisition of Lord Corporation on 30 November.