New artificial heart from CARMAT replaces the entire heart
The first artificial heart was created by the Soviet scientist Vladimir Demikhov in 1937. It was implanted in a dog. On 4 April 1969, Domingo Liotta and Denton A. Cooley replaced a dying man’s heart with a mechanical heart inside the chest at The Texas Heart...PU high-performance insulation for slim metal roofs
Rainfall has been intensifying, the frequency of heavy winds has been increasing and even the sizes of hailstones have been growing. Climate data document increasingly severe weather changes. Metal roofs and metal façades provide an adequate solution for more and more...
FRIMO Group – New management since 01.01.2023
New Management Board FRIMO Group from left: Siegfried Köhler, co-CEO Sales & Operations + Paulo Cruz Pinto, co-CEO Finance & Administration FRIMO, headquartered in Lotte, Germany, has completed a change in its Management Board, effective January 1, 2023. Paulo...EUROPUR: Supply Situation Improves / Prices of Raw Materials Historically High
22.12.2022 Even though gas prices in Europe have receded compared to the summer, they remain historically high and volatile in Europe, creating difficulties for the entire chemicals industry, in which gas is used both as a raw material and as a source of energy. As...Chemical Mattress Recycling – Good Alternative or Greenwashing??
Last year I received numerous press releases about various recycling methods for mattresses and about who is collaborating with whom – here’s an alphabetical extract: BASF and NEVEON co-operate on mattress recycling BASF and foam specialist NEVEON are working together...IAL Consultants: An Overview of the Global Market for Polyols
This new four-volume study updates the information included in IAL’s previous studies on aliphatic polyester polyols and aromatic polyester polyols published in 2019 and includes two brand new reports on polyether polyols and eco-friendly polyols. Data in this report...BORN NOT TO BURN – the new graphite foam from NEVEON
(Nov. 2022) At the 2022 Foam Expo Europe, NEVEON proudly presented the latest addition to its foam family and thus two firsts. On the one hand, highly flame-retardant, graphite moulded foam for demanding comfort applications in mass transport such as aircraft and...Covestro launches production for Vulkollan raw materials in Thailand
(24.11.22) Covestro recently started up the production of Naphthylen-Diisocyanate (NDI) for the Vulkollan® raw material at a newly built plant in its Map Ta Phut site in Thailand. The groundbreaking of the plant happened almost exactly two years ago, in late 2020. The...Covestro and TMT launch their 1000th polyurethane wind rotor blade
(30.11.22) Under its current five-year plan, China aims at doubling its wind and solar power output by 2025. That is why also the drive for technological progress in the field of renewable energies has never been stronger. Polyurethane (PU) resin, an innovative...
