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SprayWorks Announces New Scholarship for Innovative Students

SprayWorks is proud to announce its new scholarship program, The James Davidson Innovative Student Scholarship.

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ACC Projects Positive Outlook for U.S. Chemical Industry

According to the American Chemistry Council’s Mid-Year 2018 Chemical Industry Situation and Outlook, the U.S. chemical industry in 2018 is looking positive.

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Icynene Europe Announces Suite of New Spray Foam Product Innovations

Icynene Europe S.P.R.L. today announced the release of several new spray foam products as it continues to experience sustained growth within established markets and expand into new regions.

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Lapolla's 4th Generation Spray Polyurethane Foam Provides Industry with a Green Future

In a recent article on Spray Foam Magazine, Lapolla showcased their latest innovation in spray foam technology.

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Unparalleled Polyurethane Technologies Sought for Popular Innovation Award

This annual industry-wide competition recognizes the most inventive technologies and other advances in the polyurethanes industry. Innovators are encouraged to act quickly and submit their applications before June 17th.

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Chemical Industry Council Honors Covestro

Covestro has recently started using carbon dioxide to produce a key component for making high-grade polyurethane foam thanks to an innovative process that saves on the petroleum-based raw material traditionally used.

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Shepherd Chemical Wins 2016 Polyurethane Innovation Award

This year’s Polyurethane Innovation Award finalists also included Dow’s VORA Zzz™ ultra-high airflow and moisture-wicking foam technology used in bedding applications, and Huntsman’s VITROX® HC 98010 polyol with SUPRASEC® 9801 isocyanate, a resin solution used in the chassis of the Bright Lite Structures’ Zenos E10 sports car.

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Covestro LLC receives US2020’s 2016 STEM Mentoring Award for ‘Excellence in Corporate Culture’

More than 150 organizations participated in this year’s award series, and Covestro was one of six companies selected for the honor.

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Dow Innovations are Key to Enabling Rio 2016 Olympic Games

The balls utilized on the Olympic hockey competition rely on a tailor made micro-foamed polyurethane (PU) core developed with Dow polyols. The PU core uniquely provides higher-performance and more consistency than hockey balls made with traditional vulcanised cork and rubber cores or solid polymer cores.

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Solar Aircraft Becomes Technology Driver

he Covestro researchers achieved this by reducing the pores to micrometer scale, with 96 percent of the foam consisting of gaseous blowing agent and only four percent solid polyurethane.

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Spray Foam Insulation and California’s Goal for Zero Net Energy

In California's drive for extreme energy efficiency, legislators and builders have turned to spray polyurethane foam to help reduce energy consumption and increase building performance.

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American Chemistry Council Launches Website Highlighting Chemistry in Building and Construction Materials

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has launched www.BuildingWithChemistry.org, to provide architects, material specifiers, interior designers and other building and construction professionals with tools and information about green building codes and standards, materials selection, and the role of chemistry in developing innovative, sustainable building materials.

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UTECH North America Announces In-Depth Polyurethanes Conference Program

UTECH North America announces details of 2-day conference program with 8 sessions on latest polyurethane innovations.

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