The Material Effect Behind the Game

Football may look simple: a ball, two teams, one pitch. In reality, the modern game is a high-performance system shaped by talent, tactics and training, and enabled by advanced materials. Across modern football, materials play a role in helping enable speed, control,...

Call for Papers for UTECH Europe 2027 Polyurethanes Conference

Organisers of UTECH Europe, the world-leading polyurethanes exhibition and conference that returns to the MECC in Maastricht, the Netherlands from 20 to 22 April 2027, are calling for papers for the three-day strategic conference. As the polyurethane industry marks...

Force Meets Surface: New Force-Tensiometer at SKZ

The SKZ Plastics Center has expanded its laboratory equipment at its Würzburg location with the addition of the Tensíío force tensiometer from KRÜSS GmbH. With this acquisition, the institute is specifically expanding its analytical capabilities. The new measurement...

Covestro opens new TPU Application Development Center in China

May 20th, 2026, Covestro officially opened its new Thermoplastic Polyurethanes (TPU) Application Development (AD) Center in Guangzhou, China. The opening marks a significant milestone in implementing the company’s strategy to bring innovation closer to customers...

Kimpur and Kobe Polyurethane Announce Strategic Partnership

Kimpur, the polyurethane system house with the largest production capacity and sales volume in the region, has made a significant strategic investment in line with its growth objectives. By establishing an 80% affiliated partnership structure with Kobe Polyurethane,...

Steelpaint completes MUR Shippping coating project

Steelpaint GmbH, the German manufacturer of high-performance single-component moisture cure polyurethane (MCPU) coatings, has completed a test coating on MUR Shipping’s 63,000dwt bulk carrier African Bari Bird. The project marks a first reference for the company’s...

Fill Acquires Kurtz Ersa Foundry Machinery

With the acquisition of the foundry machinery division from the German Kurtz Ersa Group, Fill Gesellschaft m.b.H. (Gurten, Austria) is strengthening its position as a fullservice provider of automated foundry solutions. The asset deal includes, among other things,...