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May 1, 2013
Wolf Group (Tallin) has acquired a 40% stake in Elasteq do Brasil (São Paolo), the group announced.  Elasteq specializes in the manufacture and sale of waterproofing...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/Estonias-Wolf-Group-acquires-stake-in-Brazil-sealants-producer_51632.html
March 19, 2013
BASF says it has completed its acquisition of parts of Ciech’s (Warsaw) toluene diisocyanate (TDI) business. The TDI production facility of Ciech’s subsidiary Zachem...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/BASF-Ciech-acquisition_50531.html
March 19, 2013
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) is seeing tightening in the polyurethane (PU) and polycarbonate (PC) markets, a situation that should ease with the company’s investment plans. Patrick Thomas, CEO of BMS, on the sidelines of Bayer’s results briefing in Leverkusen late last month said that last year’s toluene diisocyanate (TDI) growth rates were more than 6%....
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/Bayer-expands-PC-and-PU-production-as-markets-tighten_50458.html
January 7, 2013
The Cologne district authority has, following a detailed appraisal, granted Bayer MaterialScience a permit to build and operate a previously announced toluene diisocyanate (TDI) plant...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/Bayer-MaterialScience-receives-final-approval-for-TDI-project-in-Germany_48786.html
November 13, 2012
The Chinese government says that the previously announced investigation by The Ministry of Commerce, PRC (Mofcom; Beijing) found that the European Union has been dumping...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/Chinas-investigation-confirms-dumping-of-TDI-by-EU_47663.html
June 14, 2012
Mitsui Chemicals today confirmed a major restructuring program for its polyurethanes (PU) business, which will involve sourcing isocyanates and other PU products from Sabic and...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/Mitsui-Chemicals-Restructures-PU-Business-Closes-Chiba-PPG-Plant_43936.html
June 1, 2012
PTT Global Chemical (Bangkok) and Perstorp say that PTT Global Chemical has completed the previously announced acquisition of a 51% stake in Perstorp’s isocynates business, for...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/Perstorp-and-PTT-Global-Chemical-Establish-Isocyanates-JV_43897.html
February 28, 2012
Mitsui Chemicals has agreed to license its toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and methylene di-para-phenylene isocyanate (MDI) technology to Sabic for a previously announced project in Saudi...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/Mitsui-Chemicals-to-License-Technology-for-Sabic-TDI-MDI-Project_41637.html
January 16, 2012
Bayer MaterialScience says it has commissioned a €5 million ($6.3 million) hydrogenation technical center at the Chempark Dormagen, a chemical park located in Dormagen, Germany...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/Bayer-MaterialScience-Commissions-Isocynates-Technical-Center_40477.html
June 13, 2011
BASF has announced plans to build an integrated toluene diisocyanate (TDI) complex in Europe by 2014. The single-train plant would be designed to produce 300,000 m.t./year of TDI and...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/BASF-Plans-to-Build-Large-TDI-Plant-in-Europe_35386.html
June 13, 2011
BorsodChem (Kazincbarcika, Hungary) will start work on July 22 on a project to expand methylene di-para-phenylene isocyanate (MDI) capacity at Kazincbarcika by 90,000 m.t./year, to...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/BorsodChems-Isocyanate-Expansions-Drive-Chinese-Parents-Global-Ambitions_35482.html
May 16, 2011
BorsodChem (Kazincbarcika, Hungary) says it is reviewing operations at its smaller toluene diisocyanate (TDI) plant at Kazincbarcika, and that it may idle the unit temporarily when the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/BorsodChem-Considers-Plans-to-Idle-TDI-Plant_34802.html
May 4, 2011
Bayer MaterialScience says it plans to invest about $120 million at its Baytown, TX facility to upgrade its isocyanates and polycarbonate units and increase capacity through a series...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/Bayer-MaterialScience-to-Invest-$120-Million-for-Baytown-Upgrades_34541.html
April 28, 2011
BorsodChem (Kazincbarcika, Hungary) says it is reviewing operations at its smaller toluene diisocyanate (TDI) plant at Kazincbarcika, and that it may idle the unit temporarily when the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/BorsodChem-May-Idle-TDI-Plant_34441.html
April 14, 2011
The agency says it is concerned about consumer exposure to diisocyanate compounds when used in certain applications, such as spray foam insulation, concrete sealants, and floor finishers. Action plans are part of EPA’s effort to bolster chemicals management using its existing authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)....
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/EPA-Latest-Action-Targets-MDI-and-TDI_34115.html
March 15, 2011
Bayer MaterialScience plans to invest about €100 million ($137.7 million) to expand capacity for methylene di-para-phenylene isocyanate (MDI) at the Brunsbüttel industrial...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/Bayer-MaterialScience-Invests-&euro100-Million-to-Expand-MDI-Plant-in-Germany_33430.html
February 1, 2011
Wanhua Industrial Group (Yantai, China) has acquired BorsodChem (Kazincbarcika, Hungary) in a deal that establishes Wanhua as a leading player in the global isocyanates market. Wanhua...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/Chinese-Firm-Acquires-BorsodChem-from-Private-Equity-Investors_32577.html
October 27, 2010
Sabic is finalizing technology-licensing agreements that would enable the company to produce polyurethanes (PU), Mohamed Al Mady, Sabic CEO told a press conference this morning at the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/K2010-Sabic-to-Enter-Polyurethanes-Business_30477.html
February 15, 2010
Dow Chemical says it will permanently close its 100,000 m.t./year toluene diisocyanate (TDI) plant at Freeport, TX in the second-quarter. “Manufacturing TDI [at Freeport] is no...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/toluene_diisocyanate/Dow-to-Close-TDI-Unit-at-Freeport-TX_24721.html
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